Sixth grade project using Ancient Mesopotamia social studies curriculum and ... They brainstorm and write a short paragraph on each letter (Ex: Cuneiform: cuneiform was an early form or writing used ...

The selection of cylinder seals they analyzed originated before writing emerged in ancient Mesopotamia ... elements with their corresponding proto-cuneiform symbols. The proto-cuneiform signs ...

The wedge-shaped writing on the tablets, known as cuneiform, demonstrated that these ancient stargazers used geometric calculations to predict the motion of Jupiter. Scholars had assumed it wasn ...

writing allowed administrators to keep an account of who had been paid and what had been traded. The earliest cuneiform tablets are almost all records of accountancy. Ancient Mesopotamian maths ...

The careful documentation of hundreds of thousands of inscriptions helped scholars to unravel the mysteries of cuneiform—the world’s oldest writing system. First developed in Sumer, an ancient ...

Researchers made the new discoveries during field work at the Bronze Age site of Kurd Qaburstan. The research provides insights into regional heritage and fills gaps in knowledge about how ancient ...

One of three stone tablets found in northeastern Iraq that may reveal more information about Mesopotamian life. University of Central Florida, courtesy of Tiffany Earley-Spadoni An ancient game ...

However, new discoveries - including clay tablets with ancient cuneiform writing, a game board ... be traced back to the ancient civilisation of Mesopotamia and the Kurd Qaburstan site, which ...

Among the most remarkable discoveries are clay tablets with cuneiform writing, game boards ... around 1800 BCE. Mesopotamia, known as the cradle of civilization, is celebrated for its ancient cities ...

New discoveries by a UCF researcher and her team at the ancient Mesopotamian site of Kurd Qaburstan, including clay tablets with ancient cuneiform writing, a game board and large structural ...

One of three clay cuneiform tablets discovered at the Middle Bronze Age site of Kurd Qaburstan in northeast Iraq. It was found in a debris-filled corridor in the lower town palace. Early ...