Around 2300 B.C.E., the Mesopotamian king Sargon—a native of the elusive ... 200 tablets and some 50 cylinder seal impressions of Akkadian administrators in Girsu. These clay records are ...

They date back to the Akkad period (2300BC-2150BC), which, Rey tells The Art Newspaper, was “an extremely important period in Mesopotamian history—featuring charismatic kings such as Naram-Sin ...

The translation of ancient Assyrian writing into modern languages was a challenge that had long vexed historians. Three ...

Over 200 administrative tablets and around 50 cylinder seal impressions of Akkadian administrators have ... around 2300BC by the Mesopotamian king Sargon. Sargon originally came from the city ...

A group of archaeologists has successfully deciphered a4,000-year-old collection of cuneiform tablets that reveal ominous warnings, including one that prophesies, “a king will die.” According to a ...

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

but it was one of the independent Sumerian cities that were conquered around 2300BC by the Mesopotamian king Sargon. Sargon originally came from the city of Akkad, whose location remains unknown but ...

Neither Sarah nor Hagar/Ha-jar are mentioned by name in the Qur’an, but the story of Ha-jar’s exile from Abraham’s home is traditionally understood to be referred to in a line from Ibrāhīm’s prayer in ...

Born about 600 BCE in what is now southwestern Iran, Cyrus “the Great” is considered the founder of the Persian Achaemenid empire. He is remembered as “the Great” to distinguish him from his ...

"As we celebrate this holiday and approach the elections, I see an urgent necessity to transition to a new phase of thinking and planning, amid growing concerns surrounding the country," said Louis ...