The Art Newspaper6d
Ancient Mesopotamian clay tablets discovered in Iraq reveal intricate details of how empire was governed
The finds, which also include dozens of clay sealings, contain details of a metric system used to measure resources, as well ...
4,000-year-old tablets found in Iraq reveal ancient red tape
Archaeologists from the British Museum and Iraq have uncovered over 200 4,000-year-old cuneiform tablets at Girsu, shedding ...
Smithsonian Magazine8d
4,000-Year-Old Clay Tablets Show Ancient Sumerians’ Obsession With Government Bureaucracy
The artifacts were excavated from a city dating back to the third millennium B.C.E. by researchers from Iraq and the British ...
Ancient stone tablets show government red tape goes back 4,000 years, say scientists
Red tape may feel like a modern-day frustration, but according to archaeologists, it's been a part of governance for ...