3,000-Year-Old Wooden Structure Found In Hitтιтe Tunnel Mentioned On Cuneiform Tablets
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists have discovered 3,000-year-old wood structures in a deep and long tunnel used by the ancient Hitтιтe civilization. One of the most fascinating aspects of this discovery is that the tunnel is mentioned on ancient cuneiform tablets. Oymaağaç mound. Image credit: Mehmet Ali Yılmaz, Rainer Czihon – Public Domain Scientists […]
Sumerian City Of Girsu: Political, Religious Center With Large Archive Of Thousands Of Cuneiform Tablets
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Modern Tello (Telloh) was an ancient Sumerian city of Girsu, located between the Tigris and Euphrates and about 20-25 kilometers north-northwest of Lagash in southern Mesopotamia (now southern Iraq). Bull statuette (human-headed) dated to about 2120 BC from ancient city of Girsu. Sumer. Height 11.8 cm (4.5 inches), width 8cm […]
Hundreds Of Thousands Of Sumerian Artifacts Have Been Stolen From Iraq’s Museums And Archaeological Sites
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Though the exact number is unknown, authorities estimate tens or even hundreds of thousands of Sumerian artifacts have been stolen from Iraq’s museums and archaeological sites during the political unrest of the past three decades. The country has called for international help to trace the precious ancient objects, but the […]