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4,000-year-old clay tablets inscribed with magical spells… and beer tabs

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4,000-year-old clay tablets inscribed with magical spells… and beer tabs
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For over 100 years, the National Museum has housed a large collection of inscribed tablets from the earliest civilizations of the Middle East—many over 4,000 years old and written in languages that are now extinct. The tablets have led a quiet existence, but now researchers have deciphered them and discovered fascinating texts about magic, kings and good old-fashioned bureaucracy.

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