Overview :The landscape of this dark and powerful story is the ancient world of Assyria some 3000 years ago, a time when writing was in the world's ol... Read More
Overview :Cuneiform script on clay tablets is, as far as we know, the oldest form of writing in the world. The resilience of clay has permitted these ... Read More
Overview :"The library is situated," said the short entry in the Guide to British Libraries A-L, "in pleasant rolling countryside not too far from Her... Read More
Overview :Four thousand years ago, long before the story of Noah's Ark was written down in the Hebrew Bible, the Sumerians and Babylonians of Ancient ... Read More
Overview :'It's enthralling stuff, mixing the scholarly with the accessible and placing storytelling right at the heart of the human experience.' - Hi... Read More
Overview :When a small, peculiar, palm-sized clay tablet made its way to the desk of Irving Finkel, Assyriologist and Assistant Keeper at the British ... Read More
Overview :Some historical artifacts are destined forever to alter how the ancient world is perceived. The unearthing in today's Iraq (in 1879) of a cl... Read More