Archaeologists have made a remarkable discovery of thousands of cuneiform tablets at the ancient Sumerian city of Girsu in southern Iraq, at a location known as Tablet Hill, stated Archaeology ...

Labels written in cuneiform, an ancient text, note each location on the map, according to The British Museum. Interestingly, cartographers may have used some creative license. For instance ...

Egyptian officials recently announced the discovery of a 3,000-year-old mining complex, complete with remnants of ancient homes, workshops and even baths. The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and ...

The amount of precision and finesse in the mummy's packaging suggests that this individual was a very important figure in ancient Egyptian society. But the identity of the body remains unknown ...

Along with Egyptian hieroglyphs, cuneiform is one of the oldest known forms of writing, and consists of more than 1,000 unique characters. The appearance of these characters can vary across eras ...

A digital tool, Thesaurus Linguarum Hethaeorum Digitalis (TLHdig), provides extensive online access to Hittite cuneiform texts, significantly aiding researchers and students.

Seals were most often made of stone but also sometimes of bone, ivory, faience, glass, metal, wood, or even sun-dried or baked clay. A recessed inscription was carved onto the cylinder, which produced ...

The Rosetta stone was discovered in 1799 AD. It is a three-foot high stone containing hieroglyphs, everyday ancient Egyptian language and a Greek translation. Since Greek was understood ...