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CONTENTS
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INTRODUCTION | |
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| Achaemenian Inscriptions, written in three styles of Cuneiform character, and in three different languages . . . . . | ix |
| The Decipherment of the Persian Text afforded the clue to the others . . . . . | xi |
| Discovery of Sumerian, the ancient language of Babylonia . . | xiii |
| The Historical Results . . . . . . . . . | xv |
CHAPTER I | |
| The Discovery of Achaemenian Ruins and Inscriptions: Barbaro to Le Bruyn: A.D. 1472-1718 . . . . . . . | 1 |
| Barbaro visits Chehel Minar and the Tomb of the Mother of Solomon: A.D. 1472 | 9 |
| The Portuguese Mission — Gouvea first mentions the Inscriptions: A.D. 1602 | 11 |
| Don Garcia de Silva Figueroa identifies Chehel Minar with Persepolis: A.D. 1618 | 17 |
| The 'Viaggi' of Pietro della Valle: A.D. 1621 | 24 |
| Sir Thomas Herbert, 'Relation of Some Years Travaile': A.D. 1627—The first view of Persepolis | 33 |
| Mandelslo's View of the Tomb of the Mother of Solomon: A.D. 1638 | 40 |
| The French Travellers Daulier Deslandes, Thévenot, and Tavernier: A.D. 1665 | 48 |
| Dr. Hyde's opinion: A.D. 1700 . . | 59 |
| Chardin's Travels—The Drawings of Grélot: A.D. 1711 . . . | 61 |
| Kaempfer first describes the writing as 'Cuneiform': A.D. 1712 . | 69 |
| He and Le Bruyn make the first copies of Inscriptions: A.D. 1718 . | 71 |
