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Iraqi student’s 4,000-year-old math mistake well preserved on a clay tablet
A student from ancient Sumer (modern-day Iraq) got the answer wrong on their ... about two dozen cuneiform tablets from ancient Babylon that students used instead of paper to solve their math ...
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Babylonian tablet preserves student's 4,000-year-old geometry mistake
What it is: A cuneiform mathematical clay tablet with an incorrect answer Where it is from: Tell Ingharra, Kish (Sumer), modern-day Iraq When it ... at Kish and nearby Babylon, both of which ...