Smithsonian Magazine on MSN29m
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 ...
Newser on MSN3h
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 ...
The Daily Galaxy on MSN35m
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 ...
The Blogs | The Times of Israel16h
Dominant Narratives and the Power of Historical Representation
Adam is depicted with distinctly European features—fair skin, —reflecting the aesthetics and ideals of Renaissance Italy rather than the historical realities of biblical Mesopotamia. Michelangelo, ...
Science Daily16h
The 'frontiers' of Southeast Iberian Bronze Age communities identified
Researchers have identified the economic and political borders separating El Argar, considered to be the first state-society in the Iberian Peninsula, from its La Mancha and Valencia Bronze Age ...
World's 10 Oldest Landmarks
The world's ten oldest landmarks are remarkable testaments to ancient civilizations. Here’s a list of some of the oldest ...