THOUSANDS Of These Have Been Found Around The Ancient World

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Scattered around the sites of ancient Mesopotamia are thousands of devices called cylinder seals. They are equal parts stamp, credit card, and jewelry. They were how people signed for things and proved who they were in the days before paper. It’s a fascinating relic of a time long past and proof that the same issues of authentication that blockchain was developed to solve have been a part of humanity from day one.

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LINKS LINKS LINKS
https://www.govinfo.gov/about/authentication
https://hbr.org/2022/05/what-is-web3
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-59745-301-1_5
https://www.archaeology.org/issues/422-2105/features/9592-ancient-tax-time
https://www.thehistorypress.co.uk/articles/a-brief-history-of-signet-rings/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cylinder_seal#/media/File:S03_06_01_017_image_2348.jpg
https://www.spurlock.illinois.edu/collections/notable-collections/profiles/cylinder-seals.html
https://www.metmuseum.org/blogs/metkids/2018/cylinder-seals-tiny-treasures-that-leave-a-big-impression
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/327685
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/373418?journalCode=jnes
https://cdli.ox.ac.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=use_of_seals
https://www.nature.com/articles/143999a0
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olmec_hieroglyphs
https://mashable.com/article/tiffany-nfts-cryptopunks
https://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/mmg_disp.jsp?med_id=51456&from=
https://www.ancient-origins.net/artifacts-ancient-writings/leaving-impression-revealing-intricate-story-sumerian-cylinder-seals-021262https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olmec_hieroglyphs
https://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/mmg_disp.jsp?med_id=51456&from=

TIMESTAMPS
0:00 - Intro
1:32 - Federal Authenticity
3:20 - Ancient Identification
4:40 - Advantages of Cylinder Seals
7:31 - Seals as Status Symbols
9:20 - Eventual Decline
11:25 - Sponsor - Brilliant

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