Sumerian "Firsts"

For thousands of years, the Sumerians were a forgotten people. No book recorded their achievements; no spade unearthed their treasures. The Sumerians had passed out of history, until, in the mid-19th century, linguists studying Assyrian cuneiform writing discovered cuneiform tablets written in anoth...

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Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 1984
In: The Biblical archaeology review
Year: 1984, Volume: 10, Issue: 5, Pages: 62-63
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Summary:For thousands of years, the Sumerians were a forgotten people. No book recorded their achievements; no spade unearthed their treasures. The Sumerians had passed out of history, until, in the mid-19th century, linguists studying Assyrian cuneiform writing discovered cuneiform tablets written in another language. Linguists and archaeologists alike soon began to realize that in […]
ISSN:0098-9444
Contains:Enthalten in: The Biblical archaeology review