A cuneiform clay tablet that has puzzled scholars for over 150 years has been translated for the first time. The tablet is now known to be a contemporary Sumerian observation of an asteroid impact at ...

A cuneiform clay tablet that has puzzled scholars for over 150 years has been translated for the first time. The tablet is now known to be a contemporary Sumerian observation of an asteroid impact at ...

Researchers translated the cuneiform writing, which is characterized by symbols gouged into moist clay. Turkey's Ministry of Culture and Tourism Researchers have discovered that a clay tablet found in ...

This cuneiform tablet found at the Alalah excavation site in Turkey likely served as a Bronze Age itemized receipt for furniture. In the 15th century BCE, an ancient accountant recorded a furniture ...

Last year, the U.S. federal government filed civil action against the craft store chain Hobby Lobby to forfeit more than 5,500 artifacts that had been illegally imported from Iraq in 2010. Today, the ...