An error for the ages: 4,000-year-old clay tablet immortalizes Sumerian student's math mistake
Among these digitized artifacts of the Oxford University museum is a fascinating piece that has intrigued scholars and ...
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Researchers Decipher Writings on 4000-Year-Old Babylonian Cuneiform Tablets, Say The Messages Predicted 'Danger'
Researchers Decipher Writings on 4000-Year-Old Babylonian Cuneiform Tablets, Say The Messages Predicted 'Danger' Researchers ...
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Iran’s protesting women will be the new Maccabees
Two years after protests against Iran’s strict dress codes rocked the nation, a new “chastity and hijab” law was passed this week by Iran’s hardline parliament and approved by the Guardian Council, ...
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Mesopotamians felt happiness in their liver and anger in their thighs
An analysis of ancient cuneiform texts suggests people thought of emotions in a different way almost 3000 years ago, showing ...
Antiquity and cinema: the exhibition between history and 7th art at the Jérôme Seydoux-Pathé Foundation
Peplum, historical film or animation: Antiquity has fascinated the world of cinema for decades. The Fondation Jérôme ...
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1.1965.1176: Tetradrachm of Alexander the Great, Babylon
On the side of the coin on the left is a man's head facing right, wearing a lion's skin headdress on top of head, tied around neck. The other side of the coin depicts a man seated on a throne facing ...