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An ancient clay tablet looted from Iraq in 1991 was recently returned to the country. The Gilgamesh Dream Tablet is part of the Epic of Gilgamesh, one of the world鈥檚 oldest surviving works of literature. 大象传媒 Arabic鈥檚 Eli Melki trained as an archaeologist, and he explains what makes this tablet so remarkable.

The magic of mahjong
We revisit a story from 大象传媒 Chinese, about the enduring appeal of mahjong, which started as an exclusive game played at the imperial court. Suping and editor Howard Zhang share their insights.

When the Koreans came to town
It was a town in the middle of nowhere in northern Mexico. 鈥淣ot even lizards came here鈥�, say the locals. But suddenly Pesquer铆a鈥檚 population grew, and shop and restaurant signs started being written in Korean. It started with a new car factory and the arrival of Korean workers, as 大象传媒 Mundo麓s Carlos Serrano explains.

The Passengers of the Yomei Maru. Part two.
Ilia Kizirov continues the tale told in his 大象传媒 Russian podcast, about a group of nearly 800 children caught up in the Russian Civil War. In May 1918, they were sent from Saint Petersburg to 'feeding colonies' in the countryside, but they ended up on the wrong side of the front line. They fled east, and finally returned home more than two years later, after a journey on a Japanese freighter that took them around the world.

(Photo: The Gilgamesh Dream Tablet. Credit: REUTERS/Saba Kareem)