Ilya Arkhipov The logic of work The Moscow government awarded annual prizes to a young scientist. Among the laureates was the candidate of historical sciences, a researcher at the Institute of General History of the Russian Academy of Sciences Ilya Arkhipov, who has been studying for more than 15 years. The theme of his work: “The material culture of the ancient Mesopotamia of the first half of the II millennium BC”. We publish an interview with a scientist.