Posts Tagged ‘Iran’
Mutant fly gene linked to mental disability
EMORY (US) — The same genetic mutation that makes it hard from fruit flies to climb and use their wings also appears to play a role in inherited intellectual disability in humans. Continue…
Wednesday, July 20, 2011 11:03 - 1 Comment
Society & Culture - Oct 15, 2009 16:26 - 0 Comments
Images capture details of ancient tablets
U. CHICAGO (US)—High-quality scans of ancient documents discovered in Iran are shedding new light on Imperial Aramaic, the dialect used for international communication and record-keeping in many parts of the Assyrian, Babylonian, and Persian empires, including parts of the administration at the imperial court of Persepolis. (more…)
Society & Culture - Jun 3, 2009 15:48 - 1 Comment
Free ancient treasures, no digging required
U. CHICAGO (US)—A wealth of material that documents the ancient Middle East has become available through a new, free online service at the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago. (more…)
