originally developed by the Sumerians of Mesopotamia. Akkadian, the language in which the tablet is written, was widely spoken in the ancient Near East and is considered the earliest known Semitic ...

Regardless, the dating suggests the tablet predates the previously oldest known language crafted by humans, ancient Sumerian, which dates back to, at least, 3100 BC based on artifacts unearthed ...

The 11th tablet of the Epic of Gilgamesh. Archaeologists have found artefacts that tell us about Ancient Sumer life, rulers and beliefs. The Epic of Gilgamesh is a collection of stories written ...

The clay tablets were from the ancient Near ... It was developed by the Sumerians of Mesopotamia, an ancient region located ...

The limited edition of ten pieces celebrates the 100th anniversary of the Meisterstück writing instrument with a tribute to ...

Narrator: Hello, future people of the UK. Would you like to visit me at the dawn of civilisation in ancient Sumer? Well, to do that, you’ve got to travel back in time. Back before the Vikings ...

And lapis lazuli—a stone that has been used in art, jewelry, and ancient cultures as far back as 7,500 B.C.E.—is perhaps the ...

The earliest written records of soap-like substances date to around 2500 B.C. in Mesopotamia. Clay tablets indicate that the ...

A big piece of evidence for one of these beverages is a clay tablet from ... These ancient records likely indicate that these people – the Sumerian civilization – kept animals ...