In southern Iraq, archaeologists have excavated a remarkable collection of carved clay tablets—ancient records ... The tablets were discovered in the Sumerian site of Girsu, called Tello today.

Sumerian civilization appears to have evolved in Southern Mesopotamia around 4000 BC, while some historians place it as far ...

was made last autumn at Tello in southern Iraq—the modern Arabic name for the ancient Sumerian city of Girsu—and includes more than 200 clay cuneiform tablets and 60 sealings. The tablets ...

This is a Sumerian cuneiform clay tablet from the Ur III period, c.2100 B.C. This was the heyday of the Sumerian civilisation which occupied much of modern day Iraq. Sumerian was a non-Semitic ...

In Ancient Sumer.' NARRATOR:'The job remained ... BEN:Why was the pottery located in Ewenny? CAITLIN JENKINS:Because the clay was here and we need the clay to make the pots. BEN:How long has ...