But these tablets weren’t strictly business—they also contained literature that lives on today, including the The Epic of ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A 3,500-year-old clay tablet discovered in the ruins of the library of an ancient Mesopotamian king, then looted from an Iraqi museum 30 years ago, is finally headed back to Iraq.

Long before modern hospitals, ancient civilizations were already practicing surgery, pain management, and even basic infection control. This video explores forgotten techniques used by the Sumerians — ...

The 1850 discovery of King Ashurbanipal's vast library of cuneiform tablets at Nineveh illuminated fascinating records and complex links with neighbors.

Gender-ambiguous people in ancient Mesopotamia were powerful and important members of society more than four millennia ago.

Is Christianity a copycat religion?” It is an essential question that critics of Christianity often ask, and rightly so.

The Cris Land Museum in Oradea has selected the Suplacu de Barcau clay tablet as its January 'Exhibit of the Month'. The artifact, part of the Archaeology and Restoration Section's Treasure category, ...

More so than most Android tablets, the OnePlus Pad Go 2 sets itself up as a rival to the stalwart Apple iPad that so many new slate buyers turn to. While it does as good a job as possible, and could ...

Roman “wax tablets” were wooden frames holding a thin layer of wax used like a reusable notepad. The wax is gone in the Tongeren material, but stylus pressure sometimes bit deep enough to leave ...

Excavations at the ancient Anatolian city of Kanesh in Turkey have revealed a district where merchants from the distant Mesopotamian city of Assur in Iraq lived and worked. Some 23,000 cuneiform ...

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