The Budapest Declaration urged the “launch of project activities” for the TIF, a polite but public nudge that the money must start flowing. “Actual disbursement of funds” is the single clearest step ...

Dimon's comments come after billionaire Ackman, who endorsed Donald Trump's run for president, said business leaders were losing confidence in Trump. Ackman also called on the president to pause and ...

Sébastien Rey, the British Museum’s curator for ancient Mesopotamia and director of the Girsu Project, said he has been astonished by the detail of the records as "everything was noted down ...

These 4,000-year-old tablets, uncovered at the ancient Sumerian city of Girsu (modern-day Tello), reveal everything from the mundane to the monumental: barley rations, livestock transactions, and ...

The Girsu Project builds on the legacy of the Museum’s Iraq Scheme, developed in 2015 and first funded by the British Government in response to the destruction of heritage sites in Iraq and ...

The Girsu Project researchers found more than 200 tablets and some 50 cylinder seal impressions of Akkadian administrators in Girsu. These clay records are incredibly detailed, showing fierce ...

Girsu, known as one of the world’s oldest cities, was once revered as the sanctuary of the Sumerian heroic god Ningirsu.

Girsu, a historically significant city, is estimated to have had a population of 15,000, according to archaeological findings. It stands as one of the earliest examples of a village settlement ...

In this short, the British Museum curator Sébastien Rey untangles an intricate archaeological puzzle some six millennia in the making. First, Rey introduces viewers to an excavation site of the ...