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A recent study by Dr. Jana Matuszak, published in the academic journal Iraq, examines the mythical narrative contained in a tablet (Ni 12501) dating to the Early Dynastic IIIb period (ca. 2540–2350 ...

It took decades for archaeologists to realize this 3,500-year-old tablet depicts an ancient city at scale. But how did its creators pull that off? Archaeologists from the University of Pennsylvania ...

Travellers to what was once was the spiritual centre of the world can learn about the region's long and storied history – as well as see the biggest annual pilgrimage on Earth. Founded 7,000 years ago ...

NIPPUR MAP TABLET. DATE: ca. 1500 B.C. MATERIAL: Clay. DIMENSIONS: 5 inches by 4.3 inches. FOUND: Nippur, Iraq. For the busy farmers of the Babylonian sacred city of Nippur, ready access to water was ...

A delegation of ANEE, CSTT researchers and students travelled to Germany last October to attend Professor Manfred Krebernik’s workshop on cuneiform writing. After a short flight to Berlin, the early ...

Nippur - Nippur, a jewel of Iraq's glorious Mesopotamian past, today stands sacked by looters. The city, 200km southeast of Baghdad, dates back to 5000 BC and boasts the temple of Enil, principal god ...