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The discovery and decipherment of the trilingual cuneiform inscriptions

by Arthur John Booth

Level C1 · AdvancedHistorical10 chapters
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Unravel the century-long scholarly quest to decode the mysterious trilingual cuneiform inscriptions of ancient Persia, revealing the languages and histories carved in stone by kings like Darius and Xerxes. Explore how ancient scripts once deemed mere ornamentation unlock the past.

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10 chapters in all. The first chapter is free to read with no account.

02CHAPTER I THE DISCOVERY OF ACHAEMENIAN RUINS AND INSCRIPTIONS—BARBARO TO LE BRUYN, A.
03CHAPTER II NIEBUHR TO DE MORGAN. A.D. 1765-1897
04CHAPTER III DECIPHERMENT OF THE FIRST OR PERSIAN COLUMN—TYCHSEN TO LASSEN, A.D. 1798-1836.
05CHAPTER IV BEER AND JACQUET TO RAWLINSON—A.D. 1838-1846
06CHAPTER V DECIPHERMENT OF THE SECOND OR SUSIAN COLUMN—WESTERGAARD TO OPPERT—A.D. 1844-52
07CHAPTER VI DECIPHERMENT OF THE THIRD OR BABYLONIAN COLUMN—HINCKS AND RAWLINSON—A.
08APPENDICES
09FOOTNOTES
10INDEX

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