When a vast library of texts amassed by Mesopotamian King Ashurbanipal was burned to the ground about 2700 years ago, the clay tablets were preserved by the heat. Selena Wisnom's new book reveals more ...

2000 B.C. (2750) Assyrian merchant colonies in Cappadocia are well established by this time. From the Assyrian clay tablets found at these sites, trade with the city of Ashur in tin and textiles was ...

A recent study published in the Journal of Archaeological Science has revealed the materials and techniques used in the production of writing tablets from the Neo-Assyrian Empire, found in the ruins ...

THE specimens of Assyrian medical texts which Mr. Campbell Thompson has translated are derived from Ashurbanapal's library of clay tablets, which was discovered in 1849 by Sir Austin Henry Layard ...

Clay tablets unearthed at the site of Kanesh in Anatolia describe in detail an Assyrian merchants' colony there, the headquarters of an extensive commercial system, that linked two ancient cultures ...

It is one of the oldest and greatest stores of knowledge: a vast library of texts amassed by Assyrian King Ashurbanipal ... Luckily, the texts were written on clay tablets, and so were baked ...