Chemical reactions can be summarised using symbol equations. Learn more in this KS3 Chemistry guide from Bitesize.

Researchers investigating how the first writing arose identified the motifs on preliterate "cylinder seals" used in the trade of agricultural products and textiles.

The World’s Earliest Writing System May Have Been Influenced by Older Symbols Found on Stone ‘Cylinder Seals’ Thousands of years ago, our ancestors used symbols to track the sale of textile ...

Writing is a complex system of rules that tells us how to arrange and interpret symbols to convey all kinds of information, from literal descriptions to abstract thoughts.