NMC102H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Austen Henry Layard, Cornelis De Bruijn, Georg Friedrich Grotefend
23 Jan 2018
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Discovery of ancient mesopotamia: site of birs nimrud, also borsippa, persepolis in iran became a touristic attraction, early form of cuneiform found here, lots of european travelers. Italian man pietro della valle traveled extensively in this area, traveled for 12 years and wrote detailed descriptions of his journeys in his letters. Dutch artist cornelis de bruijn: illustration of persepolis, classical historical source. German on danish expedition carsten niebuhr, studied math and learned arabic, he wanted to discover some words in the bible that were not understood. Georg friedrich grotefend: identified language on cuneiform as persian (i think) Henry creswicke rawlinson: trilingual inscription in old persian, elamite, and akkadian. Paul-emile botta: discovered palace of sargon ii, became consul in mosul. Hormuzd rassam: sun god tablet and cyrus cylinder from babylon, inscribed artifacts, layard helped him. Gertrude bell: from north of england, traveled in middle east, she became fluent in arabic and.
