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The article focuses on the bookshelves of the ancient city of Ebla which contained cuneiform tablet preserved in the fire that devastated the city in 2,300 BCE. It states that the bookshelves were unearthed by a team of archaeologists led by Paolo Matthiae during the 1975 excavations. It also mentions that translations of these tablets offer clues about everyday life in the city.

This article discusses excavations of clay tablets at the ancient city of Qatna in Syria. According to archaeologist Daniele Morandi Bonacossi of the University of Udine in Italy, the remains are of the royal palace of Qatna. There they found intact burial chambers and a collection of tablets describing the royal life and business of one of the wealthiest cities in Middle and Late Bronze Age. Inscribed on one tablet is a 3,000-year-old warning to Idanda, King of Qatna, from the Hittite general Hanutti, telling him to prepare for war, before the city was burned. INSET: Desperate Pleas for Help.

The article focuses on the discovery of the ancient city which reveals the urban roots of Western European culture in Syria. Paolo Matthiae, an archeologist, was able to discover of a settlement from the 2nd millenium B.C. that links to the Western European culture. It contains several clay tablets which provides information of the taxation, trading, treaties and the 260 undiscovered ancient cities.

The article focuses on the discovery of clay tablets located at Ebla in northern Syria by Italian scientists Paolo Matthiae and Giovanni Pettinato. It indicates that the discovery of the treasure is an evidence of the existence of the Eblan kingdom between 2400 and 2250 B. C. and people mentioned in the Old Testament. Based on biblical connections, the tablets show a system of keeping records the kingdom's polytheistic religion and the interpretations of treaties and trade agreements between Ebla and other city-states. Moreover, it states that the tablets disclose the life and customs of Ebla such as giving death penalties to rapist.