6 November 2024
Ancient Mesopotamian Cylinder Seals Offer Clues to the Origin of Writing
Researchers from the University of Bologna have discovered an association between proto-cuneiform and even older stone…
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Mesopotamia
28 October 2024
Mystery of the World’s Oldest Map on a Nearly 3,000-year-old Babylonian Tablet Finally Solved
A recent British Museum video reveals that the "oldest map of the world in the world"…
16 October 2024
Ancient Babylon Excavation Uncovers 478 Artifacts Including Cuneiform Tablets, and Cylindrical Seals
The Iraqi State Board of Antiquities and Heritage (SBAH) announced that 478 artifacts were uncovered during…
10 August 2024
Deadly Omens Revealed from 4,000-year-old Babylonian Tablets
Researchers successfully deciphered 4,000-year-old cuneiform tablets discovered over a century ago in what is now Iraq. …
8 March 2024
The Temple of Persian Water Goddess Anahita Discovered in Iraqi Kurdistan
Archaeologists excavating the Rabana-Merquly mountain fortress in what is present-day Iraqi Kurdistan suggest that it may…
29 January 2024
Twin temples linked to Hercules and Alexander the Great discovered in Sumerian city of Girsu
Archaeologists discovered two temples, with one buried over the other, during excavations at Girsu, a Sumerian…
19 December 2023
Mesopotamian bricks reveal the strength of Earth’s ancient magnetic field
Ancient Mesopotamian bricks reveal the details of a curious strengthening of the Earth’s magnetic field, according…
19 November 2023
Recent excavations at Girsu uncovered innovative civilization-saving technology of Ancient Sumerians
In ancient city Girsu, located near the modern city of Nasiriyah in southern Iraq, revealed through…
26 June 2023
A large stone monument depicting the goddess Ishtar has been unearthed in the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud
Archaeologists from the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archeology and Anthropology, working with an Iraqi excavation…
6 February 2023
New AI Tool ‘Fragmentarium’ Brings Ancient Babylonian Texts Together
An artificial intelligence (AI) bot was developed by linguists at the Institute for Assyriology at Ludwig…