A fierce rivalry between four scholars ignited a race to crack the world’s oldest writing, unlocking the secrets of Mesopotamia after millennia of silence.

In southern Iraq, archaeologists have excavated a remarkable collection of carved clay tablets—ancient records of Akkadia, ...

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A symposium on Sumerian civilization and literature was recently held at Peking University, bringing together scholars and ...

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The texts contain cuneiform symbols, an early writing system, and show the red tape of government bureaucracy dates back over ...

Watch the video for Youth Code’s new single No Consequence, taken from their forthcoming five-track EP Yours, With Malice.

It offers a comprehensive examination of its social development and cultural life during the Sumerian era, highlights key elements such as cuneiform writing and legal codes, and delves into modern ...

That sort of ignited a fire and got us to where we are now.” The first single, “No Consequence,” opens the EP with a dark, pulverizing attack. Watch the video, directed by Stephen Lentini, below.

The finds, which also include dozens of clay sealings, contain details of a metric system used to measure resources, as well ...