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In 1906, archaeologists clearing the ruins of Hattusa uncovered thousands of clay tablets: And a lost Hittite empire finally found its voiceArchaeologists unearthed 10,000 clay tablets at Hattusa, the Hittite capital. These ancient writings provided a direct voice for the Hittit...- AI cracks 3,500-year-old ancient code, reveals secrets of forgotten empireA new AI tool, Palaeographicum, is revolutionizing the study of ancient civilizations by identifying subtle differences in cuneiform handwr...
- A Roman Town’s Lost Documents Were Found In FranceA remarkable discovery in Izernore, France, has unearthed ancient wooden writing tablets. These nearly two-thousand-year-old relics provide...
- When the Waters Receded… A 3,400-Year-Old Mystery SurfacedSevere drought in northern Iraq exposed a 3,400-year-old Bronze Age city, Kemune, submerged by the Mosul Dam. Archaeologists documented for...
- Word of the Day: BoustrophedonAncient writing systems featured a unique style called Boustrophedon. This method involved writing lines in alternating directions, much li...
- Is typing on screens making us dumber? Research reveals how pen and paper unlock true brainpowerResearch suggests that reliance on digital technology may harm our cognitive skills. Handwriting engages the brain more than typing, boosti...
- Piecing together an ancient epic was slow work until AI got involvedSo despite a generation-spanning effort, about 30% of Gilgamesh remains missing and there are gaps in modern understanding both of the poem...
- Queering fables: From Apollo to Philaenis, meet the same-sex loving heroes from the classics!Many of our beloved characters from the Greco-Roman classics were queer!
- 2,800-yr-old Assyrian stone tablet unveiled at Iraqi museumThe tablet was recently returned by Italy to the Iraqi government. It bears the insignia of Shalmaneser III, the Assyrian king who ruled th...
- The Ahimsa seal of the IndusLong before horses existed in the world of commerce, at the time pyramids were being built in Egypt, and ziggurats in Mesopotamia, there ex...
- Evolution of writing: From Mesopotamians to ChatGPT, humans have always adapted to new technologyStudying the past can deepen our understanding of how humans have adapted to modern technology.
- ChatGPT is confronting, but humans have always adapted to new technologyWhile ChatGPT threatens to change writing (and writing-related work) as we know it, the Mesopotamians, who lived 4,000 years ago (in a geog...
- Princess, poetess, priestess: Get to know Enheduanna, the world’s first-known authorEnheduanna was a Mesopotamian priestess who lived 4000 years ago.
- Gin: A drink loved and hated in equal measureNo other drink in the history of alcohol was so hated and fought against, so loved and cherished, so corrupted and refined.
- Chinese explorers discovered America before Columbus?John Ruskamp, a research doctorate in Education Illinois, claims to have spotted petroglyphs or carvings high above a walking path in Albuq...
- Apple sees Japan's sumo wrestlers grapple with iPadAfter years of fat-fingered struggles to type emails and text messages on tiny mobile phone keypads, Japan's sumo wrestlers have been given...
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