An edition of Empires of the Plain (2003)
Empires of the Plain
Henry Rawlinson and the Lost Languages of Babylon
By Lesley Adkins
Publish Date
December 23, 2004
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books
Language
eng
Pages
448
Description:
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.
subjects: Akkadian Cuneiform inscriptions, Antiquities, Archaeology, Assyriologists, Biography, Cuneiform inscriptions, Akkadian, History, Old Persian inscriptions, Old Persian language, Translating, Rawlinson, henry creswicke, sir, 1810-1895, Cuneiform inscriptions
People: Henry Creswicke Rawlinson Sir (1810-1895)
Places: Great Britain, Iran, Iraq
Times: 19th century