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UR AND CARCHEMISH REVISITED
This book revisits early archaeological excavations at UR and
Carchemish. Unusual inscriptions that
appeared on monuments and old clay tablets mystified early travelers. In 1906
at Hattusa a German expedition found archives of the Hittite kings in an unknown
language. Bedrich Hrozný discovered
that Hittite belonged to the Indo-European family of languages. This laid the
groundwork for the development of Hittitology. His greatest achievement: The decipherment of the Hittite language. |
