While excavating the 19/3 site in Iraq’s Al-Fayadiya district, a team led by archaeologist Quhtan Abbas Hassan Aboud has ...

Akkadian, the language in which the tablet is written, was widely spoken in the ancient Near East and is considered the earliest known Semitic language. The distinctive wedge-shaped characters were ...

The United States has returned to Iran more than 1,000 clay tablets dating from ... the repatriated tablets reflect how the ancient society was organised and its economy managed.

The oldest surviving world map, known as the Imago Mundi, offers a fascinating glimpse into ancient Babylonian life. Dating ...

The newly unveiled collection consists of 1,100 clay tablets from the reign of Darius I, the third king of the Persian Empire (550-330 B.C.). They were returned to Iran in late September on Pezeshkian ...

The United States has returned to Iran more than 1,000 clay tablets dating from the Achaemenid-era, official media said, ...

Achaemenid-era clay tablets returned from the United States and on display ... the repatriated tablets reflect how the ancient society was organised and its economy managed. The tablets constitute ...

The United States has returned to Iran more than 1,000 clay tablets dating from the Achaemenid ... the 6th to 4th centuries BC in southern Iran, the repatriated tablets reflect how the ancient society ...