In a finding that bridges ancient mythology with historical cartography, the British Museum’s analysis of a 3,000-year-old ...

Dr. Irving Finkel, Assistant Keeper of Ancient Mesopotamian script at the British Museum, led the team that unlocked the ...

Researchers think they have found a depiction of Noah’s Ark on the 3,000-year-old Babylonian Map of the World. Also known as the Imago Mundi, the clay tablet has baffled archaeologists for over a ...

Researchers have uncovered links between the precursor to the world’s oldest writing system and the mysterious, intricate ...

In the half-dark of a third-floor office, Danielle Levy lifted a clay tablet out of its box. Carefully examining it with ...

In Mesopotamia, the birthplace of civilization, the earliest known writing system started around 3,000 BCE.

Researchers decipher Babylonian map showing journey to Urartu, believed to be the ark's resting place after the Great Flood.

The clay tablet was discovered in the Middle East before being acquired by the British Museum in 1882. Irving Finkel, curator in charge of cuneiform clay tablets at the British Museum, with the ...

Researchers investigating how the first writing arose identified the motifs on preliterate "cylinder seals" used in the trade of agricultural products and textiles.