A scholar has recently discovered a previously unknown Sumerian myth inscribed on a long-overlooked 4,400-year-old tablet. Although the story is incomplete, due to the tablet’s fractured nature, there ...

A recent study by Dr. Jana Matuszak, published in the academic journal Iraq, examines the mythical narrative contained in a tablet (Ni 12501) dating to the Early Dynastic IIIb period (ca. 2540–2350 ...

The Ashmolean Museum's collection is now more accessible than ever. The museum's website highlights that the ongoing digitization of its Babylonian cuneiform tablets is helping preserve these ancient ...

A tablet unearthed at Nippur revealed the story of Sargon of Akkad, the ruler credited with breaking Sumer’s old order and forging one of the first true empires. This episode follows his disputed ...