Cuneiform, the oldest identified writing system, defied deciphering – until 1857. What happened then makes a terrific read, ...

writing, and the 60 minute clock are all thought to have been invented by the Sumerians. The 11th tablet of the Epic of Gilgamesh. Archaeologists have found artefacts that tell us about Ancient ...

It is one of the oldest and greatest stores of knowledge: a vast library of texts amassed by Assyrian King Ashurbanipal, who ruled ancient Mesopotamia ... s oldest form of writing, the tablets ...