A cuneiform clay tablet that has puzzled scholars for over 150 years has been translated for the first time. The tablet is now known to be a contemporary Sumerian observation of an asteroid impact at ...

TOKYO, JAPAN—According to a Live Science report, a well-preserved cuneiform tablet unearthed last year by Kimiyoshi Matsumura of the Japanese Institute of Anatolian Archaeology at the site of ...

LONDON, ENGLAND—Four-thousand-year-old cuneiform tablets have been found to predict omens using the time of night, movement of shadows, and the date and duration of eclipses, according to a Live ...

Deep-learning artificial intelligence is helping grapple with plenty of problems in the modern world. But it also has its part to play in helping solve some ancient problems as well — such as ...