Going big and going early leads to an uptick in public interest and in those necessary donations. Unfortunately, it also ...

Red tape may feel like a modern-day frustration, but according to archaeologists, it's been a part of governance for millennia. Evidence from ancient Mesopotamia reveals that bureaucratic systems were ...

Location of Eridu. Credit: Crates / Wikimedia Commons Unlike ... Additionally, they aim to compare these findings with cuneiform inscriptions from the time, hoping to correlate written records with ...

whose location remains unknown but is thought the be near modern Baghdad. The Akkadian empire lasted for 150 years, ending with a rebellion. These administrative tablets, containing cuneiform ...

A sprawling, hidden network of ancient irrigation canals has been uncovered near the ancient city of Eridu in southern Mesopotamia. Under the leadership of geoarchaeologist Jaafar Jotheri, researchers ...

Earlier attempts at international congresses and bilateral treaties between countries have existed as long as cuneiform grocery ... Malta would be an ideal location. Vladimir Putin has a talent ...

Vintage Braniff Airways matchbox with Philip Morris branding, featuring an illustrated person in a uniform and text about office locations ... Ancient cuneiform tablets displayed in a museum ...

Previously, the knowledge of ancient agricultural practices was mostly based on indirect sources, primarily cuneiform texts ... compared to other Mesopotamian locations where later construction ...

Deciphering some people's writing can be a major challenge—especially when that writing is cuneiform characters imprinted onto 3,000-year-old tablets. Now, Middle East scholars can use ...

Beyond her academic work, Moudhy has also been a prominent figure on social media because of her fascinating translations of the first form of writing known as cuneiform.