The underlying substance is Sumerian bitumen: a naturally occurring petroleum material (often called an asphalt-like “black goo”) long associated with waterproofing and adhesion, and even with ...

Sumerians used advanced ancient technology to engineer bitumen with fibers and minerals, revealing sophisticated material science.

LAS VEGAS — Amazon Web Services appears to have acquired technology for its new AWS “Sumerian” 3D modeling tool from a Swedish startup called Goo Technologies that went bankrupt earlier this year.

Reprint from the Smithsonian report for 1959. https://siris-libraries.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=liball&source=~!silibraries&uri=full=3100001~!926647~!0#focus ...

Writing, laws, cities, and science—these and other innovations were devised by the enterprising peoples living in Sumer, the land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, some 5,000 years ago. High ...