An over 3,200-year-old Egyptian tablet has exposed some of the gobsmacking reasons given by workers when they were absent from work. Turns out we’re not the only ones who skive off work, but the ...

A Japanese research expedition has discovered an ancient tablet in Turkey dating back 3,300 years to the Hittite kingdom. Experts say the palm-sized relic is in nearly perfect condition and could ...

Marked with the administrative details of government, the tablets have illuminated the complicated bureaucracy of an ancient Mesopotamian civilization. The tablets were discovered in the Sumerian ...