Masry, inspired by Egypt's Predynastic era (6000-3150 BCE), which opened at the Salah Taher Gallery last week.

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occupied southern Mesopotamia and Chaldea. After its development, cuneiform was used for more than 3,000 years, which has inspired multiple early writing systems within the Mesopotamian bounds. 2.

It is one of the longest and most detailed cuneiform texts from ancient Mesopotamia. Detail of the inscription. Credit: The Trustees of the British Museum The text opens by identifying Ashurbanipal ...