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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 ...
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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 ...
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AI Is Deciphering Ancient Inscriptions That Experts Have Struggled With for Centuries
ProtoSnap is just the latest in a growing list of AI breakthroughs reshaping how historians read the past. In 2023, a team of ...
Archaeological museum in central Türkiye offers visitors captivating journey through time
An aerial drone photo taken on Feb. 20, 2025 shows an archaeological excavation site near the Kaman-Kalehoyuk Archaeological ...
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Obituary: Kenneth Kitchen, Professor Emeritus of Egyptology
Kenneth Kitchen, a giant of Egyptology and lifelong University of Liverpool student and staff member, passed away on 6th ...
Archaeological museum in central Trkiye offers visitors captivating journey through time
An aerial drone photo taken on Feb. 20, 2025 shows a view of the Kaman-Kalehoyuk Archaeological Museum in Kirsehir province, Trkiye. (Photo by Safar ...