Archaeologists have decoded a 4,000-year-old beer receipt, uncovering fascinating details about ancient drinking culture and society

A clay tablet, hidden away in museum archives for decades, has revealed a remarkable story of daily life in ancient ...

World's first angry customer: How, nearly 4,000 years ago, a man complained about poor-quality copper on a clay tablet and created history's oldest customer complaint

A 4,000-year-old clay tablet is believed to record the world's oldest known customer complaint from ancient Mesopotamia. A ...
New Scientist

Ancient clay tablets offer vivid portrait of Mesopotamian life

It is one of the oldest and greatest stores of knowledge: a vast library of texts amassed by Assyrian King Ashurbanipal, who ruled ancient Mesopotamia about 2700 years ago. But after his death, it was ...
Phys.org

Ancient artifacts unearthed in Iraq shed light on hidden history of Mesopotamia

New discoveries by a UCF researcher and her team at the ancient Mesopotamian site of Kurd Qaburstan, including clay tablets with ancient cuneiform writing, a game board and large structural remains, ...
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Assyrian Clay Tablets: the Original Blockchain Technology

What if I told you that the core principles driving blockchain technology were actually explored over 5,000 years ago? Not in Silicon Valley boardrooms, but in the dusty archives of ancient ...

The world's first known customer complaint: Nearly 4,000 years ago, a man bought low-quality copper, complained to the seller on a clay tablet, and created the world'…

Today, a dissatisfied customer would probably leave a one-star review, send an email complaint, or post on social media. In ...