Smithsonian Magazine on MSN8 天
4,000-Year-Old Clay Tablets Show Ancient Sumerians’ Obsession With Government Bureaucracy
The artifacts were excavated from a city dating back to the third millennium B.C.E. by researchers from Iraq and the British ...
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Ancient artifacts unearthed in Iraq shed light on hidden history of Mesopotamia
A significant portion of human development and history may be traced back to the ancient civilization of Mesopotamia, in and around present-day Iraq. The study of these new tablets could reveal ...
China Daily8 天
Symposium puts spotlight on ancient civilization's global impact
A symposium on Sumerian civilization and literature was recently held at Peking University, bringing together scholars and ...
Greek Reporter10 天
Four Ancient Civilizations That are Nearly Unknown
The ancient world was replete with a myriad of fascinating civilizations, many of which are no longer remembered.
BBC2 年
Ancient Sumer
What was the Ancient Sumer civilisation? Ancient Sumer was in the southern part of a place called Mesopotamia. Learn about what life was like in this civilisation. When was Ancient Sumer?
London Review of Books22 天
Beyond Mesopotamia
At first, like most students of the ancient near east, he wanted to work on Mesopotamia. The 2003 invasion of Iraq put paid to that. At Cleuziou’s suggestion he turned instead to Iran and contacted ...
National Review3 年
Mesopotamia Show at the Getty Teaches History, with Style
VEX.2020.1.2) In Mesopotamia: Civilization Begins, the new exhibition at the Getty Villa, the Getty does indeed start at the very beginning. At a place in what we now call Iraq, between the Tigris ...
CNN27 天
No one knows what this ancient script says. Now there’s a $1 million prize to crack the code
If deciphered, the script could offer a glimpse into a Bronze Age civilization believed to rival ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia. Some believe this vast domain held millions of people, with cities ...