"Using our AI-supported platform, we managed to identify 30 other manuscripts that belong to the rediscovered hymn - a ...

The Hymn of Babylon had been lost for over 2,000 years until researchers used AI to piece it together from 30 clay fragments.

A team of ancient literature experts have deciphered a Mesopotamain text that was missing for over 1,000 years. Etched on ...

In the course of a collaboration with the University of Baghdad, LMU's Enrique Jiménez has rediscovered a text that had been ...

These gingerbread tablets are SUPER DELICIOUS and the perfect ancient eat for something modern. The Epic of Gilgamesh is believed to be the oldest piece of literature in the world, and tells the story ...

The significance of these inscriptions lies in their documentation of a royal dynasty that ruled the Kingdom of Dilmun during the second millennium BCE. They mark a critical development in the use of ...

Manama, Apr. 24 (BNA): In a milestone achievement, that underscores Bahrain’s deep-rooted cultural legacy, the Bahrain Authority for Culture and Antiquities (BACA) has announced the inscription of the ...

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Greg Jenner is joined in ancient Mesopotamia by Dr Moudhy Al-Rashid and comedian Phil Wang to learn about the history of cuneiform, the world's oldest writing system. Show more Greg Jenner is ...

The script they deciphered became known as cuneiform, and this distinctive wedge-shaped writing system is perhaps the oldest in the world. The earliest cuneiform tablet is in fact over 5,000 years ...

1. Cuneiform - 3200 BCE Widely implemented in the ancient Middle East, cuneiform, which means “wedge-shaped,” has been a writing model since the early 18th century onward. Britannica noted this ...