Now, French archaeologist François Desset and his colleagues say they have cracked much of it. If confirmed, their work would ...

Ancient cuneiform tablets may prove that Sumerian king Gilgamesh was a real historical ruler. Credit: Wikimedia Commons / Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg) CC BY 4.0 A collection of ancient ...

For over 100 years, the National Museum has housed a large collection of inscribed tablets from the earliest civilizations of the Middle East—many over 4,000 years old and written in languages that ...

Buried beneath the sands of the Syrian-Iraqi borderlands, the ancient city of Mari lay silent for millennia until a vast archive of cuneiform tablets brought its vanished world back to life. From ...

Motorola could be preparing to have one of its biggest years in quite some time. While the brand usually debuts some budget and mid-range phones, along with a few flip-foldables, it has started this ...

Ancient Assyrian texts detailed a legal system of paying blood money for murdered merchants. The blood money system created a formal practice across Assyria and Anatolia, complete with diplomatic ...

Rising above the Saadiyat Cultural District, the Zayed National Museum announces itself with a roof crowned by feather-like steel forms inspired by a falcon in flight—an architectural flourish that ...

The new iPad Air features the M4 SoC, providing a 30% speed boost and an increase in RAM to 12GB. Connectivity sees a major overhaul with the C1X cellular modem, Wi-Fi 7, and Thread support. Pricing ...

More than 40,000 years ago, Ice Age humans were carving repeated patterns of dots, lines, and crosses into tools and small ivory figurines. A new computational study of more than 3,000 of these ...

Symbols and markings carved into tools and figurines by Stone Age humans over 40,000 years ago could be an ancient precursor to writing, according to a new analysis. The marks, found on 260 artifacts ...