Dr. Irving Finkel, Assistant Keeper of Ancient Mesopotamian script at the British Museum, led the team that unlocked the ...

Based on other ancient Babylonian scriptures the word parsiktu typically helps to explain the size of a vessel needed to survive the Great Flood. Another passage also appears to show a path to ...

In a finding that bridges ancient mythology with historical cartography, the British Museum’s analysis of a 3,000-year-old ...

I'm following instructions that were first written down by the ancient Babylonians 4,000 years ago, and still survive today. Every crease on the liver has a meaning, and cuneiform tablets ...

The word “parsiktu” is meant to help explain the size of a vessel needed to survive the Great Flood, based on other ancient Babylonian scripture. Another passage is believed to show a path and ...

The resting place of Noah’s Ark—a ship said in the Bible to have saved two of every animal during an ancient Great Flood sent by God to flush evil out of the world—may have been located ...

[to] see something that is thick as a parsiktu-vessel.' The word 'parsiktu' has been found on other ancient Babylonian tablets, specifically to explain the size of a boat needed to survive the ...