The finds, which also include dozens of clay sealings, contain details of a metric system used to measure resources, as well ...

The state archives of the ancient Sumerian site of Girsu, now Tello in the south of Iraq, contain plans of buildings, maps of canals, lists of commodities and the names and professions of citizens.

A discovery in southern Iraq has given us a rare glimpse into the world of ancient bureaucracy. Researchers from the British ...

Hidden in a remote Welsh valley lies an abandoned and secretive chemical weapons facility which played a crucial role in the development of nuclear arms. Although it is long closed Rhydymwyn’s MS ...