The Forgotten Indiana Jones - From Ancient Mesopotamia to Hollywood.(discovery of cuneiform tablets)

From: World and I | Date: August 1, 2000| Author: Wasilewska, Ewa | Copyright information

Seventeen years ago, I began a search for Mesopotamian cuneiform tablets misplaced or forgotten in Utah "basements." Progress was slow. But in May 1995, after twelve years of patience, the first collection was located in dusty storage in the Utah Museum of Natural History. A second collection (including cuneiform tablets, cylinder seals, and two inscribed bricks) surfaced at Brigham Young University's Museum of Peoples and Cultures in December 1996. These were found following a lea...

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