Linguistics: Marching Across Archaeological Time

From: The Washington Post | Date: March 11, 1991| Author: | Copyright information

The American general who conquered southern Iraq, H. Norman Schwarzkopf, has the same name as the one used by the people who created the world's first civilization in that land more than 5,000 years ago.

According to George Michanowsky, a New York-based specialist in the language of the Sumerians, who inhabited the region in ancient times, they called themselves Sag-Gig, which translates as "black heads." "Schwarzkopf" is German for "black head."

"It's uncanny. A man named ...

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