‘It Signifies Pestilence’: Scholars Decipher 4,000-Year-Old Tablets
Scholars have made a major breakthrough in understanding ancient Mesopotamian culture through the translation of 4,000-year-old cuneiform clay tablets that interpreted lunar eclipses as bad omens, Live Science reported Tuesday. The tablets, discovered over a century ago and now part of the British Museum's collection, detail predictions of death, destruction and disease linked to specific […]
