{
  "id": 11028785,
  "title": "Clay tablets reveal how Babylonian students learned about their gods",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/clay-tablets-reveal-how-babylonian-students-learned-about-their-gods",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-30T20:40:14.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-09-clay-tablets-reveal-babylonian-students.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "When it came to religious education in ancient Babylonia, in what is now Iraq, students had a lot to learn, ranging from the names of gods to their divine characteristics. A new study published in the journal Iraq has taken a deep dive into ancient texts and surviving clay tablets to find out just how these traditions were taught in the classroom.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}