This is a great article touching on the several ways in which this new Plimpton 322 hype is overblown. There's usually a paper like that comes out every few yea

This is a great article touching on the several ways in which this new Plimpton 322 hype is overblown. There's usually a paper like that comes out every few years :) If you're interested in learning more about Babylonian math-history I highly recommend Jens Høyrup's Lengths, Widths, Surfaces.