(CN) – An ancient tablet originally discovered by the real-life inspiration for Indiana Jones offers insight into the advanced mathematical understanding of the Babylonians, according to a new study.

Some researchers have been saying the Babylonians not only invented trigonometry but had mastered it. Now, Australian scientists have managed to crack the code of a mysterious 3,700-year-old ...

Plimpton 322, the tablet in question, is certainly an alluring artifact. It’s a broken piece of clay roughly the size of a postcard. It was filled with four columns of cuneiform numbers around 1800 ...

(MENAFN- The Conversation) The ancient Babylonians – who lived from about 4,000BCE in what is now Iraq – had a long forgotten understanding of right-angled triangles that was much simpler and more ...

Aug. 25 (UPI) --The ancient Babylonians - who lived from about 4,000 BCE in what is now Iraq - had a long forgotten understanding of right-angled triangles that was much simpler and more accurate than ...