A student from ancient Sumer (modern-day Iraq) got the answer wrong on their ... about two dozen cuneiform tablets from ancient Babylon that students used instead of paper to solve their math ...

Iraq's northern border is with Turkey while Saudi Arabia and Kuwait are situated to the south. Israel, Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea are only 200 miles away to the west. Modern day Iraq ...

Some 4,000 years ago this city’s scholars divided the day into 24 hours ... where the ancient Babylon existed, between Tigris and Euphrates, in southern Iraq. The programme will also include ...

What it is: A cuneiform mathematical clay tablet with an incorrect answer Where it is from: Tell Ingharra, Kish (Sumer), modern-day Iraq When it ... at Kish and nearby Babylon, both of which ...