Religion brought in signs to represent different beliefs. The development of signage industry has been in four stages. It is a symbol of the culmination of his mission of redemption through his death or as a symbol of the Christian faith. The term signage has its genesis rooted in sings . Signage or displays of any kind have always been powerful tool of mass communication and its history can be traced as early as the invention of signs itself.
Signage is the oldest medium of mass communication or in other words outdoor advertising.
Nearly 5,000 years back hieroglyphics appeared on obelisks to direct travelers. It is not surprising that the people who gave the world the tower of Babel also left the earliest known evidence of advertising. A Babylonian clay tablet of about 3,000 B.C. bears inscriptions for an ointment dealer, a scribe and a shoemaker. Papyri exhumed from the ruins of Thebes show that the ancient Egyptians had a better medium on which to write their messages. Top of Page Egyptian merchants cut sales messages into stone and bronze tablets and placed them along public roads more than 2,500 years ago.