Sentences with phrase «ancient cuneiform»

I'm pretty sure that is an ancient cuneiform script.

We have ancient cuneiform, hieroglyphics and other inscriptions which were *** cast in stone *** and have not changed a bit either.

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So will the messages of Sumerian cuneiform, Egyptian hieroglyphs, paleolithic cave paintings and lots of other remnants of ancient past cultures.

The discovery, in the year 1901 - 1902, of a black diorite stele covered with column upon column of cuneiform characters, was an epoch - making event in the study of ancient Babylonia.

Law enforcement officials say Hobby Lobby president Steve Green personally visited the United Arab Emirates back in 2010 with a consultant to take a look at more than 5,000 artifacts like cuneiform tablets and balls of clay with ancient seals, worth millions of dollars.

You see kids, back when I joined the online world in the ancient days of 1995 (you wouldn't BELIEVE how much of a pain it is to cram a cuneiform tablet into a modem), the internet was a much different realm — email existed, FTP existed, a few text - heavy websites existed, but a significant part of our social interaction took place in a huge and diverse set of discussion groups collectively called the Usenet.

Archaeologists say that, while cuneiform writing was a more advanced accounting technology, by combining it with the flexibility of the tokens the ancient Assyrians created a record - keeping system of greater sophistication.

[See Images of Ancient Babylonian Cuneiform Texts]

A history of Ancient Sumer (Sumeria) including its Cities, Kings, Mythologies, Sciences, Religions, Writings, Culture, Cuneiform and Contributions 9 story entertainment is one industrys leading creators, producers distributors.

Cuneiform, the ancient writing system, makes for a fun lesson in the importance of communicating well First - year teacher Gene Vassel tries out his...

Other artifacts include Sumerian cuneiform clay tablets (some of the world's oldest writing), Egyptian mummies, a crystal ball owned by China's Dowager Empress, monumental stone sculptures from the ancient Maya and 4,500 - year - old jewelry from the Royal Cemetery at Ur.

Many of the art and artifacts on display come from early expeditions: Sumerian cuneiform clay tablets (with some of the world's oldest writing), architectural elements from the 3,200 - year - old palace of the Pharaoh Merenptah, towering ancient Maya stone monuments, evocative masks from West Africa, Buddhist sculptures from China and Native American regalia.

Viewed in detail, the works also recalls ancient writing forms — symbols cut into stone such as hieroglyphics and cuneiform — or possibly letterpress blocks that are worn, reshaped, and reused.

The diverse collections also boast artifacts of ancient history and natural science: fossil collections, a 143 - pound meteorite, an Egyptian mummy, shards of Babylonian cuneiform tablets, samplings of early Mediterranean jewelry, and representations of Berkshire ecosystems including local mammals, birds, reptiles, fish, insects, plants, and minerals.

In the main gallery, Mauro Giaconi's monochromatic paintings evoke ancient stone slabs and inscrutable cuneiform.