Smithsonian Magazine on MSN9 天
4,000-Year-Old Clay Tablets Show Ancient Sumerians' Obsession With Government Bureaucracy
In southern Iraq, archaeologists have excavated a remarkable collection of carved clay tablets—ancient records of Akkadia, ...
Interesting Engineering on MSN11 天
Dead sheep to gold: 4,000-year-old tablet reveals world’s first empire’s secrets
Archaeologists have unearthed “administrative tablets,” which provide the oldest tangible proof of the world’s ...
The Art Newspaper7 天
Ancient Mesopotamian clay tablets discovered in Iraq reveal intricate details of how empire ...
The finds, which also include dozens of clay sealings, contain details of a metric system used to measure resources, as well ...
Archaeology breakthrough as 4,000-year-old finding gives bleak assessment on 'red tape'
The texts contain cuneiform symbols, an early writing system, and show the red tape of government bureaucracy dates back over ...
New Scientist4 年
When was the wheel invented?
Uruk, 5,500 years ago. The Sumerian city is a splendid sight, the largest and richest human settlement the world has ever seen. And it is distinctively urban, with tens of thousands of inhabitants ...