The finds, which also include dozens of clay sealings, contain details of a metric system used to measure resources, as well ...

The artifacts were excavated from a city dating back to the third millennium B.C.E. by researchers from Iraq and the British ...

More than 200 clay cuneiform tablets and 60 seals linked to the Ancient Mesopotamian government were discovered by archaeologists at the ancient Sumerian city Girsu or the present-day site Tello in ...

Archaeologists from the British Museum and Iraq have uncovered over 200 4,000-year-old cuneiform tablets at Girsu, shedding ...

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