Sometimes history takes unexpected turns. We tend to think that mathematics began with numbers, counting, and the first…
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In 1750 B.C., a Mesopotamian named Nanni was so furious about the copper he bought from a merchant named Ea-nasir that he filed an official complaint on a clay tablet.…
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7,000-Year-Old Clay ‘Alien’ Head Unearthed in Kuwait — First of Its Kind in the Persian Gulf
A 7,000-year-old discovery has surprised archaeologists — the little clay head looks like what many would call an ‘alien’. Researchers unearthed the tiny “extraterrestrial” head during excavations at the Bahra…
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Researchers at the University of Bologna have uncovered a connection between proto-cuneiform and images engraved on cylinder seals from around 3000 B.C. Scientists say the roots of writing are hidden…
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Turkish researchers uncovered the formula for an ancient Mesopotamian perfume during excavations in Ashur, the capital of ancient Assyria in modern-day Iraq. In the second millennium BCE, the area where…
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Researchers from the United Kingdom and Denmark say residents of Mesopotamia practiced kissing as far back as the 2500s BCE. This pushes the timeline back by about a millennium —…
