to identify and copy over cuneiform characters from photos of tablets, letting them read complicated scripts with ease. Along with Egyptian hieroglyphs, cuneiform is one of the oldest known forms ...

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Archaeologists spent the past two years excavating the ruins of a 3,000-year-old mining camp at Sukari Mountain, Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities said in a Feb. 25 Facebook post. The ...

A stone tablet found at the Sukari site. Photo from Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities Archaeologists said their finds provide a better understanding of ancient Egyptian mining ...

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