The Iraqi government has launched what has come to be known as "recovery diplomacy" as part of its efforts to recover looted ...

Türkiye's Culture and Tourism Ministry returned six cuneiform clay tablets Monday to Iraqi authorities within the scope of ...

Tablets containing economic and administrative content dating back to Third Dynasty of Ur, Old Akkadian and Old Babylonian ...

Unlike other famous ancient writing systems, such as Egyptian hieroglyphs, Babylonian cuneiform and Mayan glyphs, the character precursors on oracle bones eventually evolved into modern characters ...

Ancient Records of Assyria and Babylonia-01, by Daniel David Luckenbill (Chicago, 1926), in 313 searchable pdf pages. Volume 1 of 2. Contents of Volume 1: Inscriptions of the Early Rulers; from Ititi ...

Builders were put to death if one of their constructions collapsed and killed someone. The inequality of slaves before the law was evidenced here too. Line 218 of the Babylonian Code of Hammurabi ...