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Ancient clay tablet has revealed locations of 11 'lost cities' from 4,000 years ago
Metro.co.uk ^ | Wednesday, November 15, 2017 | Rob Waugh

Posted on 11/22/2017 12:16:14 PM PST by SunkenCiv

Baked clay tablets from ancient Assyria, dating back as much as 4,000 years, could reveal the locations of 11 'lost cities' in modern-day Turkey.

Harvard researchers analysed tablets found in the ancient city of Kanesh, the 12,000 cuneiform trade records include business transactions, accounts, seals and contracts.

The researchers used mathematical models based on the price of goods and how frequently goods travelled between trade hubs to track down the locations of the ancient cities.

Researchers reconstructed an economic network of trade goods such as wool, wine and precious metals across the Anatolian plateau in the 19th Century BC.

The researchers believe they've identified 15 cities which have already been found – and 11 which have not, according to IFLScience.

The merchants settled in Turkey 4,000 years ago, trading in tin and fabrics.

Records include recollections from traders, including one who wrote, 'I met with the king in Ninassa, but . . . he did not buy a single textile.'

The city of Sinahuttum is described as a 'market for donkeys' and a popular place to exchange wool

The records come from Kanesh, near the modern Turkish city of Kayseri.

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TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: anatolia; ashshur; assyrians; cuneiform; durhumit; elbistan; epigraphyandlanguage; eskisehir; gaziantep; godsgravesglyphs; hahhum; hurama; hurrians; hutka; kayseri; kuburnat; kultepe; lakevan; ninassa; purushhaddum; qattara; salatuwar; samuha; sinahuttum; sivas; suppiluliya; talafar; tuhpiya; ulama; urartu; wahshushana; washhaniya; zalpa
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To: mrsmith
Very cool


21 posted on 11/22/2017 1:06:42 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Architect of Avalon
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22 posted on 11/22/2017 1:41:56 PM PST by ETL (Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Nukes. See my FR page)
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To: SunkenCiv

Thanks for the post, SunkenCiv!


23 posted on 11/22/2017 1:47:53 PM PST by txnativegop (The political left, Mankinds intellectual hemlock)
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To: SunkenCiv

Cool!


24 posted on 11/22/2017 1:49:25 PM PST by Tax-chick (Wotcher?)
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To: StormEye

Unfortunately, another one of the tablets is from an Assyrian secretary, and refers to the most unsavory etching her boss made on a stone tablet.


25 posted on 11/22/2017 2:05:34 PM PST by Architect of Avalon
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To: circlecity

Cities were often built on top of cities.


26 posted on 11/22/2017 2:06:32 PM PST by Architect of Avalon
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To: SunkenCiv

How do you read something like that? It’s as Greek to me as rap music...


27 posted on 11/22/2017 2:10:57 PM PST by jeffc (The U.S. media are our enemy)
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To: SunkenCiv

Fascinating.


28 posted on 11/22/2017 2:17:45 PM PST by little jeremiah (Half the truth is often a great lie. B. Franklin)
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To: SunkenCiv

“Baked clay tablets from ancient Assyria...”

They can’t even spell SYRIA correctly, and they want us to vote against Moore because they claim to know more than us?


29 posted on 11/22/2017 3:10:29 PM PST by BobL ( I drive a pickup truck because it makes me feel like a man.)
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To: Parley Baer

Thanks for liking it and saying so. :”)


30 posted on 11/22/2017 3:10:42 PM PST by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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To: jeffc
The cracking of cuneiform was, in my opinion, the greatest decipherment ever done. And as a writing system it was in use at least as long as the alphabet has been, and like the alphabet (even better than that) was adapted to record loads of ancient languages. This means, the inscriptions can always be pronounced, even if they are in an unknown language. Very handy. So-called Hittite was cracked by Emil Forrer, a Swiss guy with a French name (looks like), who realized the words he was pronouncing had things in common with German, and worked his way in from that.

31 posted on 11/22/2017 3:16:11 PM PST by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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To: BobL
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32 posted on 11/22/2017 3:17:16 PM PST by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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To: txnativegop; Tax-chick; little jeremiah

My pleasure, and thanks for the kind remarks.


33 posted on 11/22/2017 3:17:57 PM PST by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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To: BenLurkin; mrsmith; I want the USA back; JimRed
Thanks BenLurkin for posting that map, and thanks mrsmith for finding the link to that page, I couldn't seem to find anything, and my poor old machine wouldn't load the Washington ComPost article because, gosh, my machine isn't all modern-like.

34 posted on 11/22/2017 3:18:09 PM PST by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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To: SunkenCiv

Ancient clay tablets are hard to fold, but sometimes you need more than GPS and Rand McNally in your car.


35 posted on 11/22/2017 3:22:07 PM PST by Larry Lucido (Take Covfefe Ree Zig!)
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To: SunkenCiv

Looks like the thing is an expense report. Guy was putting in for reimbursement.


36 posted on 11/22/2017 3:23:17 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Thanks! My ancient-history knowledge cannot hold a candle to you, or probably most of the people here, but I do know that much regarding Assyria, and couldn’t resist - kind of like me calling Puerto Ricans Illegal Aliens when they come here.


37 posted on 11/22/2017 3:24:53 PM PST by BobL ( I drive a pickup truck because it makes me feel like a man.)
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To: SunkenCiv

How cool is this!


38 posted on 11/22/2017 3:26:25 PM PST by SueRae (An administration like no other.)
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To: SoCal Pubbie

Hahahaha...sidesplitting!!!


39 posted on 11/22/2017 3:27:27 PM PST by SueRae (An administration like no other.)
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40 posted on 11/22/2017 3:32:55 PM PST by RegulatorCountry
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