ZME Science on MSN15 天
This 5,500-year-old Kish tablet is the oldest written document
The Kish tablet is “only” 5,500 years old, whereas the oldest cave painting that features three humans and a pig dates back ...
BBC12 年
Sumerian Cuneiform Tablet
This is a Sumerian cuneiform clay tablet from the Ur III period, c.2100 B.C. This was the heyday of the Sumerian civilisation which occupied much of modern day Iraq. Sumerian was a non-Semitic ...
BBC25 天
Sumerian Cuneiform Tablet
This is a Sumerian cuneiform clay tablet from the Ur III period, c.2100 B.C. This was the heyday of the Sumerian civilisation which occupied much of modern day Iraq. Sumerian was a non-Semitic ...
来自MSN28 天
An error for the ages: 4,000-year-old clay tablet immortalizes Sumerian student's math mistake
The museum's website highlights that the ongoing digitization of its Babylonian cuneiform tablets is helping preserve these ancient artifacts. Among these digitized artifacts of the Oxford ...
Chowhound on MSN11 天
The Oldest Known Beer Recipe Was Also An Ancient Hymn
This beer's even older than the one in the back of your fridge. Discover the hymn behind ancient beer brewing so you can ...
BBC2 年
What was the Ancient Sumer civilisation?
The 11th tablet of the Epic of Gilgamesh. Archaeologists have found artefacts that tell us about Ancient Sumer life, rulers and beliefs. The Epic of Gilgamesh is a collection of stories written ...
BBC3 年
The epic adventures of the Gilgamesh Dream tablet
Known as the Gilgamesh Dream Tablet, the 3,600-year-old religious text shows a section of a Sumerian poem from the Epic of Gilgamesh. It is one of the world's oldest works of literature and was ...