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Pre-historic era

Papyrus in Egypt (2500 BC)

Papyrus is made from pith of papyrus plant. It is used in ancient times as writing surface to designate documents written on its sheets, rolled up to scrolls.

First papyrus was only used in Egypt, but by about 1000 BC people all over West Asia began buying papyrus from Egypt and using it, since it was much more convenient than clay tablets (less breakable, and not as heavy). People made papyrus in small sheets and then glued the sheets together to make big pieces.

Cave Paintings (35, 000 BC)

Cave paintings (also known as "parietal art") are numerous paintings and engravings found on cave walls or ceilings.

A monochrome cave paintings is a picture made with only one colour (usually black)-see, for instance, the monochrome images at Chauvet.

Chauvet Cave

The Chauvet Cave is one of themost famous prehistoric rock art sites in the world. Located in the Ardeche region of southern France, along the bank of the river Ardeche near the Pont-d'Arc. The Chauvet Cave is one of the most famous prehistoric rock art sites in the world.

Clay Tablets (2400 BC)

In the Ancient Near East, clay tablets (Akkadian tuppu) were used as a writing medium, especially for writing in cuneiform, throughout the Bronze Age and well into the Iron Age.

Cuneiform characters were imprinted on a wet clay tablet with a stylus often made of reed (reed pen).

Acta Diurna (Latin: Daily Acts sometimes translated as Daily Public Records) were daily Roman official notices, a sort of daily gazette.

Acta Diurna (130 BC)

They were carved on stone or metal and presented in message boards in public places like the Forum of Rome. They were also called simply Acta History. The first form of Acta appeared around 131 BC during the Roman Republic.

Dibao (2nd Century)

The Chinese "Dibao" is the earliest and oldest newspaper in the world.

Codex in the Mayan Region (5th Century)

Maya codices (singular codex) are folding books written by the pre- Columbian Maya civilization in Maya hieroglyphic script on Mesoamerican bark cloth. The Maya developed their huun-paper around the 5th century, which is roughly the same time that the codex became predominant over the scroll in the Roman world.

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