Missing ancient Mesopotamian artifacts seized in Norway
Nearly 100 missing tablets and other archaeological objects from ancient Mesopotamia have been found in Norway and seized, police said Friday.
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Sep 3, 2021
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Iraq gets back looted ancient artifacts from US, others
Over 17,000 looted ancient artifacts recovered from the United States and other countries were handed over to Iraq's Culture Ministry on Tuesday, a restitution described by the government as the largest in the country's history.
Archaeology
Aug 3, 2021
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Climate change fueled the rise and demise of the Neo-Assyrian Empire, superpower of the ancient world
Ancient Mesopotamia, the fabled land between the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers, was the command and control center of the Neo-Assyrian Empire. This ancient superpower was the largest empire of its time, lasting from 912 ...
Archaeology
Nov 14, 2019
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In ancient Mesopotamia, sex among the gods shook heaven and earth
Sexuality was central to life in ancient Mesopotamia, an area of the Ancient Near East often described as the cradle of western civilisation roughly corresponding to modern-day Iraq, Kuwait, and parts of Syria, Iran and Turkey. ...
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Apr 23, 2018
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Iraqi Kurdistan site reveals evolution towards the first cities of Mesopotamia
Researchers from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona have revealed the latest archaeological discoveries on the origins and consolidation of the first farming societies in Upper Mesopotamia, in Iraqi Kurdistan.
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Jun 21, 2016
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Ancient artefact gets a good bake
An information technology academic's love of ancient languages and cultures has resulted in the preservation of a 4000 year-old artefact.
Archaeology
Aug 15, 2013
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Solved: Riddle of ancient Nile kingdom's longevity
(Phys.org) —Researchers have solved the riddle of how one of Africa's greatest civilisations survived a catastrophic drought which wiped out other famous dynasties. Geomorphologists and dating specialists from The Universities ...
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Apr 29, 2013
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Iraq's ancient Ur treasures 'in danger'
Standing before the imposing ziggurat which was once part of a temple complex at the Sumerian capital of Ur, Iraqi archaeologist Abdelamir Hamdani worried about the natural elements that are eating away at one of the wonders ...
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Jun 19, 2011
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Huge dictionary project completed after 90 years
An ambitious project to identify, explain and provide citations for the words written in cuneiform on clay tablets and carved in stone by Babylonians, Assyrians and others in Mesopotamia between 2500 B.C. and A.D. 100 has ...
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Jun 8, 2011
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A virtual Babylonian comeback 2,000 years after disappearence of natives
Almost 2,000 years after its last native speakers disappeared, the sound of Ancient Babylonian is being lined up for an unlikely comeback, in an online audio archive.
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Sep 30, 2010
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