Tor, a specialist in ancient amulets and seals, later verified that it was a Canaanite scarab dating back to the Middle ...

A discovery in southern Iraq has given us a rare glimpse into the world of ancient bureaucracy. Researchers from the British Museum and Iraq have unearthed over 200 clay cuneiform tablets and 60 ...

31,170 people played the daily Crossword recently. Can you solve it faster than others?31,170 people played the daily Crossword recently. Can you solve it faster than others?

A discovery in southern Iraq has given us a rare glimpse into the world of ancient bureaucracy. Researchers from the British Museum and Iraq have unearthed over 200 clay cuneiform tablets and 60 seals ...

This trend has been carried on to their tablets, which don’t get as much spotlight as they should. The rave about tablets has died down in recent years, but there are unique additions in this ...

was made last autumn at Tello in southern Iraq—the modern Arabic name for the ancient Sumerian city of Girsu—and includes more than 200 clay cuneiform tablets and 60 sealings. The tablets ...

Most of the tablets included in this guide are older-generation models, so you may have to visit third-party retailers to pick them up, but where possible, we've provided links to those retailers ...

who ruled ancient Mesopotamia about 2700 years ago. But after his death, it was ransacked and burned to the ground. Luckily, the texts were written on clay tablets, and so were baked and preserved ...