The UNESCO World Heritage Site of Boğazköy-Hattuša is located in the north of Turkey. It was once the capital of the Hittite ...

In southern Iraq, archaeologists have excavated a remarkable collection of carved clay tablets—ancient records of Akkadia, ...

More than 200 clay cuneiform tablets and 60 seals linked to the Ancient Mesopotamian government were discovered by archaeologists at the ancient Sumerian city Girsu or the present-day site Tello in ...

An Honorary Fellow at Oxford University's Wolfson College, Moudhy has spent much of her career translating the stories of the ...

The finds, which also include dozens of clay sealings, contain details of a metric system used to measure resources, as well ...

Major milestone reached in digital Cuneiform studies: researchers from Mainz, Marburg, and Würzburg present an innovative tool that offers many new ...

Evidence from ancient Mesopotamia reveals that bureaucratic ... These administrative tablets, containing cuneiform symbols, an ancient writing system, record the affairs of the state, including ...

Written in cuneiform, the world’s oldest form of writing, the tablets not only bring kings and queens to life, but also priests, traders and professional lamenters. They also include magic ...

The texts contain cuneiform symbols, an early writing system, and show the red tape of government bureaucracy dates back over ...

Red tape may feel like a modern-day frustration, but according to archaeologists, it's been a part of governance for millennia. Evidence from ancient Mesopotamia reveals that bureaucratic systems were ...