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Jan's Reviews > The Mesopotamian Riddle: An Archaeologist, a Soldier, a Clergyman, and the Race to Decipher the World's Oldest Writing
The Mesopotamian Riddle: An Archaeologist, a Soldier, a Clergyman, and the Race to Decipher the World's Oldest Writing
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The title puts a bit of a spin on the facts but the idea is true.
This one took a bit more time for me to understand how the scholars of the 19th century started with an untranslated visual language and figured out the direction of the letters and developed an understanding of the meaning of the communication form on various stele created in a number of BCE kingdoms. they found evidence that scribes used three basic cuneiform based languages.
There are a few photos that will be much better represented in a print copy. I did enjoy diving into it and have already preordered an audio.
I went bats over his earlier book The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu and Their Race to Save the World’s Most Precious Manuscripts in 2016. Even if I prefer the term Archivists. I also learned a lot about the history, superstitions, and illegalities of a kettle of falcons in his book The Falcon Thief: A True Tale of Adventure, Treachery, and the Hunt for the Perfect Bird in 2020.
I requested and received a temporary advance uncorrected reader's proof compliments of publisher Simon and Schuster via NetGalley. Thank you! I geek history!
Pub Date Mar 18, 2025 #TheMesopotamianRiddle by Joshua Hammer @Joshuaiveshamme @simonschuster #Nonfiction #LinguisticHistory
This one took a bit more time for me to understand how the scholars of the 19th century started with an untranslated visual language and figured out the direction of the letters and developed an understanding of the meaning of the communication form on various stele created in a number of BCE kingdoms. they found evidence that scribes used three basic cuneiform based languages.
There are a few photos that will be much better represented in a print copy. I did enjoy diving into it and have already preordered an audio.
I went bats over his earlier book The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu and Their Race to Save the World’s Most Precious Manuscripts in 2016. Even if I prefer the term Archivists. I also learned a lot about the history, superstitions, and illegalities of a kettle of falcons in his book The Falcon Thief: A True Tale of Adventure, Treachery, and the Hunt for the Perfect Bird in 2020.
I requested and received a temporary advance uncorrected reader's proof compliments of publisher Simon and Schuster via NetGalley. Thank you! I geek history!
Pub Date Mar 18, 2025 #TheMesopotamianRiddle by Joshua Hammer @Joshuaiveshamme @simonschuster #Nonfiction #LinguisticHistory
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Finished Reading
October 30, 2024
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