Millennia ago, someone in the province of Hatay in Turkey made a shopping list that would surprisingly survive the ravages of time. During restoration works after an earthquake, archaeologists digging ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scholars deciphered inscriptions on 4,000-year-old tablets more than 100 years after they were originally discovered. Omens on the ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. A small Akkadian cuneiform tablet was discovered in Tell Atchana, Turkey. Uncovering the text may ...

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Archaeologists in Turkey have just uncovered a shopping list,one that’s 3,500 years old. The discovery, made at the ancient site of Eski Alalah, is drawing attention for its unexpected nature. The ...

Archaeologists have unearthed an ancient tablet with an early form of writing that preserves a furniture shopping list from around 3,500 years ago. The tablet was uncovered during excavations at the ...

Here's what we know about Zaze. She was a woman. She lived some 3,500 years ago in southeastern Turkey. And as the manager—or maybe owner—of a furniture workshop, she employed at least seven ...

LONDON, ENGLAND—Four-thousand-year-old cuneiform tablets have been found to predict omens using the time of night, movement of shadows, and the date and duration of eclipses, according to a Live ...

Cuneiform tablets from ancient Mesopotamia cover a range of topics, from exorcising ghosts to uncovering the location of Noah’s Ark. Cuneiform tablet, c. 2nd–1st century B.C.E., Mesopotamia, probably ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This clay tablet from ancient ...

Not the exact thing you want to read on an ancient tablet if you happen to be any sort of superstitious. But it’s one of several omens that a group of archaeologists read when they finally deciphered ...