Cuneiform Tablet

Applied Geometry Engraved on 3,700-Year-Old Tablet

Vladislav Tchakarov | Posted on August 5, 2021 |

Mathematician Daniel Mansfield of the University of New South Wales (UNSW, Australia) reexamined cuneiform clay tablets discovered more than a century ago and found the oldest example of applied geometry on one of them.

10 Things You Should Know About the “Planisphere”, a 5500-Year-Old Star Map

Vladislav Tchakarov | Posted on September 25, 2020 |

The ancient Sumerian civilization may have been underdeveloped in the sense of a written script, for example, but they sure…

This 5,500-Year-Old Sumerian Star Map Recorded the Impact of a Massive Asteroid

Ivan Petricevic | Posted on March 15, 2019 |

An ancient clay tablet housed at the British Museum has puzzled experts for more than 150 years. The Cuneiform tablet…