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.

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Akkadian Cuneiform inscriptionsAntiquitiesArchaeologyAssyriologistsBiographyCuneiform inscriptions, AkkadianHistoryOld Persian inscriptionsOld Persian languageTranslating

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