The rediscovered lines also give rare voice to Babylon’s women, especially its priestesses. It describes them as devout and ...

AN ANCIENT hymn lost for 4,000 years on a Babylonian tablet has finally been deciphered using artificial intelligence (AI).

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Islamic State (IS) militants attacked a village south of Mosul, killing several people including two journalists, even as ...

The Hymn of Babylon had been lost for over 2,000 years until researchers used AI to piece it together from 30 clay fragments.

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