To unlock the secrets of ancient civilizations, a new artificial intelligence (AI) application has emerged, breathing new life into deciphering ancient cuneiform tablets. This AI technology utilizes ...

Linguists used Akkadian writing on bilingual cuneiform tablets from Iraq to translate the text in Amorite, an unknown language, study said. Rudolf H. Mayr Photo from the Rosen Collection used with ...

A new translation of cuneiform relics from the second millennium B.C. highlights the warnings that astrologers saw in eclipses. By Franz Lidz It was good to be the king in ancient Babylonia, unless, ...

(CNN) — Archaeologists have uncovered a tiny 3,500-year-old tablet inscribed with cuneiform writing during excavations at a site in Turkey that could shed light on what life was like during the Late ...

An AI model has been developed to automatically translate Akkadian text written in cuneiform into English. Hundreds of thousands of clay tablets from ancient Mesopotamia, written in cuneiform and ...

A new artificial intelligence (AI) software is now able to decipher difficult-to-read texts on cuneiform tablets. It was developed by a team from Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU), ...

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An Assyrian gypsum cuneiform dedicatory panel, reign of Tukulti-Ninurta I, circa 1243-1207 BC. Of rectangular form, finely engraved on both sides, with 280 lines of text divided into eight columns ...

A discovery in southern Iraq has given us a rare glimpse into the world of ancient bureaucracy. Researchers from the British Museum and Iraq have unearthed over 200 clay cuneiform tablets and 60 seals ...

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Scholars deciphered inscriptions on 4,000-year-old tablets more than 100 years after they were originally discovered. Omens on the tablet threaten tragedies including famines, plagues, and invasions.