The origins of writing in ancient Mesopotamia and beyond may rest on a group of cylindrical seals. A team of archeologists from the University of Bologna in Italy has identified a series of ...
“Through studies on the strata, we learned that the traces date back to the Uruk period in the fourth millennium B.C. The strata show that writing was being developed in Khuzestan at the same time as ...
This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract In recent decades the Uruk and Jemdet Nasr periods of the fourth millennium B.C. in Mesopotamia have been the subject of considerable research ...
Before joining Discover Magazine, Paul Smaglik spent over 20 years as a science journalist, specializing in U.S. life science policy and global scientific career issues. He began his career in ...
The Epic of Gilgamesh, known as the oldest story in history, is thought to have been written in the early 2nd millennium BC, with the original being even older, in the 4th millennium BC. Journalist ...
The German archaeological mission, led by Dr. Margret van Es, has concluded its activities in the historic city of Uruk (modern-day Warka in Iraq) during the spring 2025 season. The work has focused ...
https://doi.org/10.2307/530641 • https://www.jstor.org/stable/530641 Copy URL Hacinebi Tepe, a small site along the Euphrates River in southern Turkey, has two ...
The world's oldest surviving work of literature begins and ends with a wall: the rampart of Uruk-the-Sheepfold, great city of ancient Mesopotamia. "View its parapet that none could copy!" reads Andrew ...
An excavation project on the Syrian-Iraqi border has uncovered an ancient settlement wiped out by invaders 5,500 years ago. Discovered in northeastern Syria, the ruined city of Hamoukar appears to ...
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