Empires of the plain
Subtitle: Henry Rawlinson and the lost languages of Babylon
By: Lesley Adkins.
Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 424
Subjects: Rawlinson, Henry Creswicke, -- Sir, -- 1810-1895.; Old Persian inscriptions.; Cuneiform inscriptions, Akkadian.; Assyriologists -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Genres: Biography.
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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [392]-402) and index.