In southern Iraq, archaeologists have excavated a remarkable collection of carved clay tablets—ancient records of Akkadia, ...

Two ancient clay tablets from Iraq contain details of a "lost" Canaanite language. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Two ancient ...

Archaeologists have unearthed an ancient tablet with an early form of writing that preserves a furniture shopping list from around 3,500 years ago. The tablet was uncovered during excavations at the ...

A federal court ordered the forfeiture of an ancient Sumerian tablet bearing part of the Epic of Gilgamesh in cuneiform script after it determined that the artifact was illegally imported, the Justice ...

Couples in Mesopotamia could have been the first ones smooching as we know it. New research analyzing written records from the area reveals that people in the Cradle of Civilization could have ...

In southern Iraq, archaeologists have excavated a remarkable collection of carved clay tablets—ancient records of Akkadia, the world’s oldest empire. Marked with the administrative details of ...