Igor Skoglund·Oct 13The Sumerian Cuneiform Script: Humanity’s First Great Writing SystemThousands of years before the alphabet was developed, the people of ancient Mesopotamia created one of the world’s earliest writing…
Shreyasi Majumdar·Sep 6Nanni, Ea-Nasir, and the 3,800-Year-Old Customer ComplaintThe very real, centuries-old tale of inferior quality copper, an insulted messenger, an irate customer — and the ancient merchant who…A response icon2
InTHE COMMON SENSE WORLDbyPeter Kriger·Aug 4Gilgamesh and the Midlife Crisis: Forgotten but Saved by FireA king went looking for eternal life. He failed. Then he vanished so completely that nobody can tell you where he was buried, what year he…
Andy.G·Jul 21The Oldest Song in the World Is 3,400 Years OldInscribed on a clay tablet at Ugarit around 1400 BC, the Hurrian Hymn to Nikkal is the oldest written music we know. A score for a…A response icon1
