Close-up shot of an ancient column viscous script (bottom)
Councillor of the British Museum
The Mystery of Mesopotamia
Joshua Hammer (Simon & Schuster)
What do you need to decipher an extinct writing system? For the new book by Joshua Hammer Mesopotamian Mystery: Archaeologists, Soldiers, Clergy and the Competition to Decipher the World’s Oldest Writing Is anything okay? The main requirements are some ethically questionable archaeological excavations and many rampaging testosterone.
This book is Hammer’s description of deciphering Cuneiform, the oldest known writing system. The Cuneiform was invented in Mesopotamia around 3400 BC. It was used for…
Source: www.newscientist.com