"Mr. Hormuzd Rassam vide Layard's Nineveh", a portrait study of Hormuzd Rassam.

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   The Mystery of the World’s Oldest Writing System Remained Unsolved Until Four Competitive Scholars Raced to Decipher It

   In the 1850s, cuneiform was just a series of baffling scratches on clay, waiting to spill the secrets of the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia

   By Joshua Hammer

   https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/mystery-worlds-oldest-writing-system-remained-unsolved-until-four-scholars-raced-decipher-it-180985954/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=93133550

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