Smithsonian Magazine on MSN11h
4,000-Year-Old Clay Tablets Show Ancient Sumerians’ Obsession With Government Bureaucracy
The artifacts were excavated from a city dating back to the third millennium B.C.E. by researchers from Iraq and the British ...
Indian Defence Review on MSN2d
The Race to Crack the World’s Oldest Writing: How Four Scholars Unlocked an Ancient Mystery
A fierce rivalry between four scholars ignited a race to crack the world’s oldest writing, unlocking the secrets of Mesopotamia after millennia of silence.
Ancient stone tablets show government red tape goes back 4,000 years, say scientists
Red tape may feel like a modern-day frustration, but according to archaeologists, it's been a part of governance for ...
The Daily Galaxy on MSN12h
Archaeologists Decode Ancient Tablet That Says “A King Will Die”
A group of archaeologists has successfully deciphered a4,000-year-old collection of cuneiform tablets that reveal ominous ...
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Ancient stone tablets show government red tape goes back 4,000 years, say scientists
The Akkadian empire lasted for 150 years, ending with a rebellion. These administrative tablets, containing cuneiform symbols, an ancient writing system, record the affairs of the state ...
Newser on MSN14h
It's the 'First Material Evidence' of World's First Empire
Archaeologists say they've found "the very first material evidence of the very first empire in the world" in 4,000-year-old ...
London Review of Books5h
London Review of Books
Edward Hincks and Akkadian cuneiform, Yuri Knorozov and Maya glyphs. These were undeniable intellectual achievements. They... Three things are necessary to decipher ancient writing. You need lots of ...
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8 Oldest books that have survived fire, wars and revolutions
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