Sometime around 1800 B.C., a Sumerian scholar inscribed a hand-sized clay tablet with a series of cryptic numbers. The unusual tablet, known as Plimpton 322 (below), has provoked years of fevered ...
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An error for the ages: 4,000-year-old clay tablet immortalizes Sumerian student's math mistake
The Ashmolean Museum's collection is now more accessible than ever. The museum's website highlights that the ongoing ...
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