The Mesopotamian Riddle: An Archaeologist, a Soldier, a Clergyman, and the Race to Decipher the World's Oldest Writing

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The Mesopotamian Riddle: An Archaeologist, a Soldier, a Clergyman, and the Race to Decipher the World's Oldest WritingA rollicking adventure starring three free spirited Victorians on a twenty year quest to decipher cuneiform, the oldest writing in the worldfrom the New York Times bestselling author of The Bad Ass Librarians of Timbuktu. It was one of historys great vanishing acts. Around 3,400 BCEas humans were gathering in complex urban settlementsa scribe in the mud walled city state of Uruk picked up a reed stylus to press tiny symbols into clay. For three

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