Clay Tablet Reveals Ancient Mesopotamians Had a Rough Understanding of Anatomy, ‘They Felt Anger in Their Feet and Love in the Knees’ Researchers claim that ancient humans possibly described ...

University of Central Florida, courtesy of Tiffany Earley-Spadoni An ancient game board, building remains and three clay tablets recently discovered by archaeologists in northeastern Iraq provide ...

Clay objects roughly the size of fingers were discovered during a dig at the ancient city of Umm el-Marra. The engraved symbols may be part of the earliest known alphabet. Disclaimer: AAAS and ...

Clay is a versatile material that can be made into many types of objects. It is most often associated with pottery, which has many years of history worldwide. Less well-known are the musical ...

Researchers have extracted ancient plant DNA from a 2,900-year-old clay brick. Experts at the University of Oxford collected samples from the artefact's inner core, which uncovered a "time capsule ...

An ancient game board, building remains and three clay tablets recently discovered by archaeologists in northeastern Iraq provide new details about Mesopotamian life. The clay tablets are the ...