Traces of Akkadian live on in languages like Arabic and Hebrew, and the basic achievements of the Akkadian-speaking people of ancient times are directly linked to our modern civilization.

The oldest surviving literary work, the Epic of Gilgamesh, discovered in 1853, was written over 4,000 years ago in the Akkadian language using cuneiform script. In May, ...

A quick search revealed that the language spoken in ancient Mesopotamia. Akkadian was written logographic and syllabic, meaning that its symbols contained semantic meaning—much like the Mandarin ...

It took several more centuries for the Aramaic language to fully conquer Assyria and Babylonia, according to historian H. W. F. Saggs, but come 100 A.D., Akkadian had completely disappeared from use.

Linguists used Akkadian writing on bilingual cuneiform tablets from Iraq to translate the text in Amorite, an unknown language, study said. Rudolf H. Mayr Photo from the Rosen Collection used with ...

Only 200 or so people in the world are fluent in the Akkadian language. Scattered across four continents, they get together only once a year. So by the time the scholars arrived in Chicago this wee… ...

Akkadian has always had its passionate defenders, a surprising community that spans time. For those who can’t make it to New York or Chicago, there is a new, cheaper, at-home option.

The language was first deciphered in the 19th century; in 1921, the first standard dictionary for the Akkadian language was compiled by researchers from the University of Chicago.

Linguists used Akkadian writing on bilingual cuneiform tablets from Iraq to translate the text in Amorite, an unknown language, study said. Rudolf H. Mayr Photo from the Rosen Collection used with ...

Linguists used Akkadian writing on bilingual cuneiform tablets from Iraq to translate the text in Amorite, an unknown language, study said. Rudolf H. Mayr Photo from the Rosen Collection used with ...

Linguists used Akkadian writing on bilingual cuneiform tablets from Iraq to translate the text in Amorite, an unknown language, study said. Rudolf H. Mayr Photo from the Rosen Collection used with ...