Modest in scale yet monumental in meaning, the Cyrus Cylinder-a small baked clay artifact from the sixth century BCE-is widely regarded as one of the most important objects in world history. Buried as ...

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

What is believed to be the world’s oldest depiction of a ghost has recently been found on a Babylonian tablet, neglected in the vaults of the British Museum in London since its acquisition in the 19th ...

Recorded in cave drawings as far back as 1000BC, this is one of the oldest zodiacal constellations to be recognised in its modern form Taurus, the bull, is our focus this week. One of the oldest ...

Italian archaeologists working at the sanctuary of Tas-Silg on Malta have discovered an agate fragment with a Middle Babylonian cuneiform inscription dating to the thirteenth or fourteenth century B.C ...

A chance discovery in the ancient Mesopotamian city of Kish has provided a new and valuable piece for understanding the reconstruction work of King Nebuchadnezzar II, one of the most famous monarchs ...

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A 3,000-year-old map found at The British Museum could lead us to the real resting place of Noah’s Ark, with clues hidden in ancient Babylonian texts. A breakthrough discovery at the British Museum ...

AI breathes life into a 3,000-year-old Babylonian text, reconnecting the modern world with the forgotten voice of an ancient civilization. A 3,000-year-old Babylonian hymn has resurfaced from the dust ...

The cuneiform tablet with the newly discovered hymn. Credit: Anmar A. Fadhil, Department of Archaeology, University of Baghdad A previously unknown hymn of praise dating to around 1000 BCE was ...

For the past 20 years, Irish academic Dr. Martin Worthington has been busy acquiring a unique type of expertise. Through intensive study of tablets recovered during various archaeological expeditions ...

London is a large city with many interesting sites and attractions steeped in history. Some of them are older than the city itself. London's famous museums house many ancient artifacts from other ...