A Sumerian code has been deciphered, revealing "divinely inspired" building instructions A Sumerian “sacred code” has been deciphered, revealing divinely inspired building instructions echoed in the ...

The find in Tello in the south of Iraq is the result of the Girsu Project and the renewed fieldwork after decades of interruption discovered more than 200 cuneiform tablets, rescued from 19th century ...

A team of archaeologists have discovered the remains of a lost Sumerian palace and temple in the ancient city of Girsu dating back at least 4,500 years to the third millennium BCE. The significant ...

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