4,000-Year-Old Clay Tablets Feature Traces of Lost Language
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Archaeologists have deciphered two ancient clay tablets believed to date back around 4,000 years in Iraq. The clay tablets are…
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Ancient Doctors Used Mixture of Medicine and Magic, Reveal 2,700-Year-Old Clay Tablets
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Clay tablets dating back more than 2,700 years have revealed that ancient doctors used a mixture of Medicine and magic…
Cracking the Code: AI Model Unlocks Ancient Akkadian Text
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A groundbreaking AI model, developed by Tel Aviv University (TAU) and Ariel University, now offers a way to decipher Akkadian…
Lost in Translation: 5 of History’s Most Mysterious Ancient Scripts
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Delve into the world of ancient scripts and languages with this intriguing article that explores the secrets behind five of…
This Was the Ancient Sumerian Civilization, One of the Oldest in History
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The Sumerian civilization is widely considered to be one of the oldest and most advanced civilizations in human history. Located…
Ancient, 3,400-Year-Old Sunken City Revealed in Iraq
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A long-lost ancient city has reemerged from the waters of the Tigris River as a result of massive droughts that…
Ancient Gadgets: The Instruments that Shaped Humanity
The ability to create and use tools was a defining mark in the evolution of humans. Over time, many of…
How an Ancient Babylonian Map of Jupiter Helped Rewrite History
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Babylonian astronomers calculated the motion of the planet Jupiter using an idea that led to integral calculus. This is a…
9,000-Year-Old Cone-head Humanoids Depicted in Australia’s Rock Art
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Ancient rock art discovered in Australia, dating back some 9,000 years, has been interpreted as an entirely new, previously undescribed…
10 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About the Ancient Sumerians
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“Sumer, the land which came to be known in classical times as Babylonia, consists of the lower half of Mesopotamia,…
The Ancient City of Armageddon Predates the Egyptian Pyramids by 4,000 Years
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According to the “Book of Revelation”, Megiddo – an ancient “city” located 90 kilometers from Jerusalem – will be the…
A 40,000-Year-Old “Cave-Art Code” May Have Given Rise to Human Writing
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Tens of thousands of years ago, ancient people saw the necessity to leave behind them not only a legacy but…
The Ancient Olmec Incorporated Magnetism in their Statues, and Made Use of Magnetic Anomalies
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The earliest description of magnetism was made by the Greek philosopher Thales of Miletus in the 6th century BC. However,…
Written In Stone: The Sumerian King List and ‘When Gods Walked on Earth’
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There’s a stone tablet, recorded thousands of years ago in a Sumerian language that lists the ancient Kings of Sumer,…
A 4,000-Year-Old Lost City Discovered at the Gates of Ancient Mesopotamia
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Archaeologists have discovered a 4,000-year-old lost ancient city that is thought to have bordered the ancient Mesopotamian Empire. The unexpected…
5 Epic Ancient Flood Stories That Predate Noah’s Great Flood And You Probably Never Heard About
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Noah’s story of the great flood was assumed to be the earliest story until the Epic of Gilgamesh began to…
This Ancient City Predates The Great Pyramid by Around 8,000 Years
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Several millennia before Egypt’s first pyramid was erected, an ancient city was built in present-day Syria. Its importance resides in…
Older Than History: 3 Ancient Cities That Predate Pyramids by Around 5,000 Years
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Yes, the pyramids are among the oldest monumental structures on the surface of the planet. But just because the pyramids…
Depictions of a 2,700-Year-Old “Demon of Epilepsy” Stun Experts
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Archeologists have discovered traces of an ancient, rare 2,700-year-old demon of epilepsy on a Mesopotamian tablet. The mysterious being was…