4,000-year-old tablets found in Iraq reveal ancient red tape
Archaeologists from the British Museum and Iraq have uncovered over 200 4,000-year-old cuneiform tablets at Girsu, shedding ...
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4,000-Year-Old Clay Tablets Show Ancient Sumerians’ Obsession With Government Bureaucracy
The artifacts were excavated from a city dating back to the third millennium B.C.E. by researchers from Iraq and the British ...
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Ancient Mesopotamian clay tablets discovered in Iraq reveal intricate details of how empire was governed
The finds, which also include dozens of clay sealings, contain details of a metric system used to measure resources, as well ...
Ancient stone tablets show government red tape goes back 4,000 years, say scientists
Red tape may feel like a modern-day frustration, but according to archaeologists, it's been a part of governance for ...
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Ancient Mesopotamian clay tablets discovered in Iraq reveal intricate details of how empire was governed
A team of archaeologists in Iraq, led by the British Museum’s curator of ancient Mesopotamia Sebastian Rey, has uncovered compelling evidence of the empire’s formidable bureaucracy. The ...
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The Race to Crack the World’s Oldest Writing: How Four Scholars Unlocked an Ancient Mystery
A fierce rivalry between four scholars ignited a race to crack the world’s oldest writing, unlocking the secrets of Mesopotamia after millennia of silence.
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Ancient stone tablets show government red tape goes back 4,000 years, say scientists
The Akkadian empire lasted for 150 years, ending with a rebellion. These administrative tablets, containing cuneiform symbols, an ancient writing system, record the affairs of the state ...
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Big Digs, Bad Detectives
Going big and going early leads to an uptick in public interest and in those necessary donations. Unfortunately, it also ...