(The city-state of Ur emerged as an important center of commerce and Sumerian culture circa 2700 ... during looting there in April. Numerous cuneiform tablets relate tales, such as that of the ...

“Turmoil descended upon the land,” mourned the Sumerian scribe ... Statuary, libraries of cuneiform tablets, and hundreds of unexcavated buildings will melt into mud if the plan goes ...

And before all that— A Sumerian with dirt under his nails, bent over a wet clay tablet, tracing symbols ... A laser pointer guiding a lecture on cuneiform. A trembling hand signing a treaty.

It has gradually been pieced together, as the cuneiform tablets have been unearthed and deciphered ... linguistic genealogy of Gilgamesh through its Babylonian, Akkadian and Sumerian expressions. The ...

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