THE LIBRARY OF ANCIENT WISDOM: Mesopotamia and the Making of the Modern World
When Ashurbanipal's library burned to the ground, clay tablets inscribed with cuneiform writing lay buried for thousands of years until a team of Victorian archaeologists discovered the remnants in modern-day Iraq. Wisnom explores the tablets and the details they divulge about how these ancient people thought about the world. Photos.
Format: Hardbound
Pages: 398
Publisher: Univ of Chicago Press
Publishing status: Current
ISBN: 9780226822556
Item #: 9177426