Mesopotamia: Researchers Unravel the Mysteries of Hidden Texts

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2024-10-13 06:49:00

To study the history of Mesopotamian civilizations, Assyriologists have a particularly well-preserved first-hand source: hundreds of thousands of clay tablets, found by archaeologists at sites ranging from Anatolia to the Near and Middle East. Written in cuneiform script and in different languages ​​(Assyrian, Babylonian, Sumerian, etc.), they cover three and a half millennia of human history, and provide precious details on the life of the populations of Mesopotamia. However, a portion of the exhumed tablets remained inaccessible to researchers, enclosed in a clay casing. But a new machine allows them to unravel their mysteries. Meeting with Cécile Michel, Assyriologist and research director of the CNRS, during a stay at the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations in Ankara, Türkiye.
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