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Title: Empires of the plain: Henry Rawlinson and the lost languages of Babylon / Lesley Adkins [Go to resource]
Description: At Behistun there is a cliff face covered with a cuneiform inscription set up in 520 BC to record the exploits of the Persian king Darius the Great. In 1835 Henry Rawlinson began the perilous task of recording this inscription. This text tells the story behind the decipherment of cuneiform. Temporal: 2003 Source: Lincolnshire County Council Identifier: http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... Go to resource More Like this...
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