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AI translates Sumerian in seconds

The realm of artificial intelligence (AI) has been making considerable strides in the field of language translation, particularly with ancient languages. The latest feat in this realm is the ...
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Miguel Civil, expert on Sumerian language who collaborated on ancient beer recipe, dies at 92

Miguel Civil, a scholar and researcher at the University of Chicago’s Oriental Institute, was a leading expert on the Sumerian language, the earliest known written language. “No one has known Sumerian ...
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10 Examples of Isolated or Extinct Languages

We are continuing our list of examples of isolated or extinct languages with Sumerian that is one of the earliest written languages which was in use in Mesopotamia. Many argue about the Sumerian ...
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The invention of cuneiform writing in Sumer Jean-Jacques Glassner ; translated and edited by Zainab Bahrani and Marc Van de Mieroop

1. The Sumerian Account of the Invention of Writing -- 2. Time and Place of the Invention -- 3. Received Ideas: The Pictographic Origins of Cuneiform Writing -- 4. Received Ideas: The Origin of ...