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Cuneiform, the oldest identified writing system, defied deciphering – until 1857. What happened then makes a terrific read, ...

found in the ruins of Nimrud (present-day Iraq). These tablets, dating to the 7th century BCE, represent the first material evidence of cuneiform writing on wax. The tablets ...

Layard’s excavations revealed large quantities of clay tablets inscribed in cuneiform, the script used by the Assyrians and Babylonians. These tablets, some of which contained detailed records ...