This is a Sumerian cuneiform clay tablet from the Ur III period, c.2100 B.C. This was the heyday of the Sumerian civilisation which occupied much of modern day Iraq. Sumerian was a non-Semitic ...

Edwardes, Martin 2018. The International Encyclopedia of Anthropology. p. 1.

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This piece of clay contains some of the earliest writing in the world. It's called 'cuneiform,' which means wedge-shaped. This tablet is a record of the daily beer rations for workers. Beer here ...

By Zoë Hopkins Once she was cast out of the United States. Today, her art and activism are front and center at an exhilarating Brooklyn Museum retrospective. By Siddhartha Mitter Axel Rüger ...

The Imaging Center supports the study and production of the visual arts at Smith. We work with faculty and students to make art, to study art and to document art. We teach workshops and provide ...

Although the British Musuem acquired the tablets between 1892 and 1914, this recent breakthrough marks the first time the cuneiform has been completely translated and linked to a system of astrono ...

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This cuneiform tablet found at the Alalah excavation site in Turkey likely served as a Bronze Age ... [+] itemized receipt for furniture. In the 15th century BCE, an ancient accountant recorded a ...

Artifacts include 3 bronze shields, 1 bronze helmet dedicated to Haldi, chief deity of Urartu Kingdom - Anadolu Ajansı ...

September 19, 2024 • Gustavo and Otavio Pandolfo are best known as the artist duo Osgemeos. They've been making art in tandem since they were kids in São Paulo, Brazil.

No matter how powerful generative AI becomes, writer Ted Chiang says it will never create true art. Chiang is one of the most admired science-fiction authors writing today, best known for the ...