The ancient Sumerians invented cuneiform, shown here on a clay tablet documenting barley rations issued monthly to adults and children. The language may have died out as a result of a 200-year ...

The ancient Sumerians invented cuneiform, shown here on a clay tablet documenting barley rations issued monthly to adults and children. The language may have died out as a result of a 200-year ...

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 ...

Education Course Spending my days with cuneiform writing: Reconstructing Sumerian grammar Fumi Karahashi Associate Professor of Ancient Oriental Studies, Faculty of Letters, Chuo University ...

This, plus the drink's stress-relieving properties are likely why beer is the most frequently used word in the Sumerian language. This may also explain why Ninkasi existed at all.

Ideas | Jack Cheng Why is Wonder Woman reading Sumerian? By Jack Cheng June 13, 2017, 12:09 p.m.

SAN FRANCISCO — A 200-year-long drought 4,200 years ago may have killed off the ancient Sumerian language, one geologist says.

The ancient Sumerians invented cuneiform, shown here on a clay tablet documenting barley rations issued monthly to adults and children. The language may have died out as a result of a 200-year ...

SAN FRANCISCO — A 200-year-long drought 4,200 years ago may have killed off the ancient Sumerian language, one geologist says.