Empires of the Plain
Henry Rawlinson and the lost languages of Babylon
by Lesley Adkins · 2003
Popularity 4
Chronicles the life of nineteenth-century archaeologist and explorer Henry Rawlinson, describing his ascent of western Iran mountains, where he deciphered ancient carvings that were key to understanding cuneiform scripts and languages.
Akkadian Cuneiform inscriptionsAntiquitiesArchaeologyAssyriologistsBiographyCuneiform inscriptions, AkkadianHistoryOld Persian inscriptionsOld Persian languageTranslatingRawlinson, henry creswicke, sir, 1810-1895Cuneiform inscriptions