Mesopotamia

4,400-year-old Sumerian tablet reveals world’s first trickster fox

A 4,400-year-old Sumerian tablet has finally been fully translated after more than a century of scholarly neglect, revealing a previously unknown myth featuring the world's earliest recorded trickster fox. Dr. Jana Matuszak of the University of Chicago published her analysis…

3,000-year-old Hymn to Babylon rediscovered with help from AI

Researchers from Ludwig Maximilian University and the University of Baghdad have rediscovered a 3,000-year-old hymn to Babylon that had been lost for a millennium, offering rare insights into the ancient city's architecture, natural surroundings, and daily life during its cultural…