A link exists between 6,000-year-old engravings on cylindrical seals used on clay tablets and cuneiform, the world’s oldest ...

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In the half-dark of a third-floor office, Danielle Levy lifted a clay tablet out of its box. Carefully examining it with ...

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Scholars have identified interesting parallels between the military alliances of NATO and the ancient Athenian-led Delian League.

Researchers discover that ancient cylinder seals may hold the key to decoding undeciphered proto-cuneiform signs.