For over 100 years, archaeologists have been flummoxed by a set of symbols discovered at an ancient temple in Iraq — until now. An expert on Mesopotamia says he has decoded the symbols, revealing a ...

New discoveries by a UCF researcher and her team at the ancient Mesopotamian site of Kurd Qaburstan, including clay tablets with ancient cuneiform writing, a game board and large structural remains, ...

Archaeologist Eckart Frahm didn't have much time to determine where the 4,000-year-old clay tablets had come from. Homeland Security officials had given him just 2 1/2 days in a dimly lit New York ...

A discovery in southern Iraq has given us a rare glimpse into the world of ancient bureaucracy. Researchers from the British Museum and Iraq have unearthed over 200 clay cuneiform tablets and 60 seals ...

Revealing remarkable religious diversity in the region, German archaeologists uncovered evidence of Christians and Zoroastrians coexisting in ancient Iraq.

The 2,800-year-old stone tablet returned to Iraq contains text in cuneiform, the Babylonian alphabet — Murtaja LATEEF Iraq unveiled on Sunday a 2,800-year-old stone tablet returned by Italy, as the ...

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A researcher claims to have decoded an ancient set of symbols found in Iraq that have long puzzled experts. Image from the New York Public Library For over 100 years, archaeologists have been ...