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The Father of Assyriology

Posted on May 27, 2014 by Cambridge Library Collection

One of the problems of being declared the Father of X must be that a skewing of perception takes place. Think of Herodotus, the Father of History, always shown as an ancient (though he may not have lived beyond sixty). … Continue reading →

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