In 2013, two local Iraqis handed over two inscribed clay cylinders to the State Board of Antiquities and Heritage. Subsequent ...

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Although archaeologists have excavated 500,000 cuneiform tablets from Mesopotamian sites over the last two centuries, about half of these texts now in museums around the world haven’t been thoroughly ...

A major Margot Robbie and Brad Pitt flop is making its way to Netflix in December 2025, offering viewers a fresh opportunity to see the star-packed film that struggled in theaters. "Babylon" premieres ...

The death and resurrection of Jesus is the most famous underdog story in history. A low-status artisan from Galilee challenged the authorities of his time and ended up dying a brutal and horrifying ...

The sun hangs heavy over central Iraq in late afternoon, painting the ruins of Babylon in heat and light. Dust rises from the ground in soft clouds, carrying a faint scent that seems older than time ...

At its peak, the Old Babylonian Empire rose to be one of the biggest civilizations the world had seen–but what was daily life like? Along with the pioneering legal code of Hammurabi, a wealth of ...

A Babylonian hymn lost for over a thousand years was rediscovered. Experts pieced together the hymn using an AI model to decipher hundreds of cuneiform tablets in a Baghdad library. The library’s ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. A team of ancient literature experts have deciphered a Mesopotamain ...

In the course of a collaboration with the University of Baghdad, LMU's Enrique Jiménez has rediscovered a text that had been lost for a thousand years. A paper on this discovery is published in the ...