British archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans purchased some ancient stones with mysterious inscriptions on them at a flea market in ...

One of three stone tablets found in northeastern Iraq that may reveal more information about Mesopotamian life. University of Central Florida, courtesy of Tiffany Earley-Spadoni An ancient game ...

The wedge-shaped writing on the tablets, known as cuneiform, demonstrated that these ancient stargazers used ... chisel cuneiform into a variety of stone objects as well. Different combinations ...

Sotheby announced on Wednesday that a stone tablet inscribed with ... Jewish people were using a more modern form of writing than the paleo-Hebrew that the tablets are inscribed in.

Ancient Mesopotamian maths was based on 60, which is why we have 60 seconds in a minute and 60 minutes in an hour This tablet is amazing. For me it’s a first sign of writing but it also tells ...

An ancient game board, building remains and three clay tablets recently discovered by ... sources with information about Qabra are two stone monuments, known as stelaes, which were used to ...