The library of the Asyrian Ruler Ashurbanipal was excavated among ruins by British archaeologists in Nineveh in 1853. They were still lined up on shelves. However, many of them had collapsed, causing clay tablets to break. But the library was extensive.

Others were pulled out completely intact.

What it says about daily life in Mesopotamia, about their business practices.

But also about the life that took place at that time.

The oldest clay tablets reveal a mind-boggling story.

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