A newly spotlighted artifact from ancient Mesopotamia is offering a rare window into how one of the world’s earliest ...

A team of ancient literature experts have deciphered a Mesopotamain text that was missing for over 1,000 years. Etched on clay tablets, the Hymn to Babylon describes the ancient megacity in “all ...

The "oldest map of the world in the world" on a Babylonian clay tablet was deciphered to reveal a surprisingly familiar story, according to the British Museum's Irving Finkel.

Researchers have deciphered ancient Babylonian tablets that predict future disasters. The 4,000-year-old artifacts were found more than 100 years ago in modern day Iraq but have only now been ...

First Revolving Male and First Revolving Female do exactly what their name suggests. (Image credit: Stellarium) Perhaps the most well-known indigenous mythology of the night sky relates to the ...

Babylonian tablet preserves student's 4,000-year-old geometry mistake. News. By Kristina Killgrove published 2 December 2024 A small clay tablet from the site of Kish in Iraq reveals a student ...

Known as the Imago Mundi, this Babylonian world map, carved into clay over 2,600 years ago, combines geography, mythology, and cosmology in a way that reflects both the intellect and imagination ...