Massarrah
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Fun Fact Β· From the Tablets

Cuneiform was deciphered by a British army officer

The Story

In the 1830s, Henry Rawlinson risked his life copying inscriptions from a cliff face in Persia. His work, along with others, finally cracked the code of cuneiform after it had been forgotten for nearly 2,000 years.

One of the cuneiform fun facts collected in Massarrah.