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Babylonian text missing for 1,000 years deciphered with AI
A team of ancient literature experts have deciphered a Mesopotamain text that was missing for over 1,000 years. Etched on ...
Ancient DNA shows genetic link between Egypt and Mesopotamia
WASHINGTON -- Ancient DNA has revealed a genetic link between the cultures of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, according to ...
Turkey hands over Babylonian and Akkadian clay tablets to Iraq
The Iraqi government has launched what has come to be known as "recovery diplomacy" as part of its efforts to recover looted ...
Secrets of ancient societies revealed through DNA from 4,000-year-old teeth
Secrets of ancient societies revealed through DNA from 4,000-year-old teeth - Ancient DNA has revealed links between the ...
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Old Babylonian and Chinese Characters - Nature
Books Received Published: 07 June 1888 Old Babylonian and Chinese Characters A. H. SAYCE Nature 38, 122–123 (1888) Cite this article ...
Hymn to Babylon, missing for a millennium, has been discovered
In the course of a collaboration with the University of Baghdad, LMU's Enrique Jiménez has rediscovered a text that had been ...
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Researchers Use AI to Reconstruct 3,000-Year-Old Babylonian Hymn
The Hymn of Babylon had been lost for over 2,000 years until researchers used AI to piece it together from 30 clay fragments.
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AI Helped Decode a 3,000-Year-Old Babylonian Hymn That Describes a City More Welcoming Than You’d Expect
The rediscovered lines also give rare voice to Babylon’s women, especially its priestesses. It describes them as devout and ...
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An ancient writing system confounding myths about Africa
A wooden hunter’s toolbox inscribed with an ancient writing system from Zambia has been making waves on social media. "We've grown up being told that Africans didn't know how to read and write ...