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Dr Martin Worthington reads a Neo-Assyrian royal inscription in the British Museum

Sixth formers see the future in ancient Egypt & Mesopotamia

27 May 2016

̽»¨Ö±²¥ ̽»¨Ö±²¥â€™s archaeologists recently teamed up with ̽»¨Ö±²¥British Museum to inspire sixth formers to consider studying Egyptology and Assyriology...

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Prehistoric ‘book keeping’ continued long after invention of writing

14 Jul 2014

An ancient token-based recording system from before the dawn of history was rendered obsolete by the birth of writing, according to popular wisdom...

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Panel of glazed bricks from the capital city of Assur, showing the Assyrian king Tiglath-Pileser (1114-1076 BC)

A new chapter opens in the study of the Assyrian empire

30 Jan 2013

̽»¨Ö±²¥first ever conference to focus on the provincial archaeology of the Assyrian empire took place at Cambridge ̽»¨Ö±²¥ last month. A key theme...

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Detail from the tablet found at Ziyaret Tepe. Inscribed with Cuneiform characters, the tablet consists of a list of women's names, many of which appear to be from a previously unknown language.

Archaeologists discover lost language

10 May 2012

Evidence for a forgotten ancient language which dates back more than 2,500 years, to the time of the Assyrian Empire, has been found by...

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