A deep learning artificial intelligence (AI) model can predict missing words, fragments and sentences from cuneiform tablets that are up to 4500 years old. Clay tablets inscribed with text written in ...

Scholars deciphered inscriptions on 4,000-year-old tablets more than 100 years after they were originally discovered. Omens on the tablet threaten tragedies including famines, plagues, and invasions.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Stored in one of the various cabinets and cases that make up the Penn Museum archives, there's a stone tablet that's barely 3 inches on each side. It easily fits in the palm of one's hand. It's ...

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 in Tello excavating the 4,500-year-old Sumerian city of Girsu unearthed a long-lost temple sanctuary and palace, photos show. Sébastien Rey Photo from The Girsu Project via The British ...