Despite limited information about the stone itself, the archaeological site at Hattusa has yielded a wealth of other significant discoveries. Among these findings are numerous cuneiform tablets ...

Researchers have just deciphered a series of Babylonian astrological tablets inscribed 3,800 years ago — and the results are ...

This is a Sumerian cuneiform clay tablet from the Ur III period, c.2100 B.C. This was the heyday of the Sumerian civilisation which occupied much of modern day Iraq. Sumerian was a non-Semitic ...

Deciphering some people's writing can be a major challenge—especially when that writing is cuneiform characters imprinted onto 3,000-year-old tablets. Now, Middle East scholars can use ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) A digital tool, Thesaurus Linguarum Hethaeorum Digitalis (TLHdig), provides extensive online access to Hittite cuneiform texts, significantly aiding researchers ...

One of the two clay tablets is 4.5cm high and dates from around 3,000 BC. The other measures 3.2 cm and originates from the Irin/Eridu region in southern Iraq. It dates from 1,900-1,700 BC.

Major milestone reached in digital Cuneiform studies: Researchers present an innovative tool that offers many new possibilities. The UNESCO World Heritage Site of Boğazköy-Hattuša is located in ...