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CUNEIFORM INSCRIPTIONS
CHAPTER II | |
| Niebuhr to De Morgan: A.D. 1765-1897 | 76 |
| Niebuhr's 'Voyage en Arabie': A.D. 1765 | 76 |
| Grotefend begins the Decipherment: A.D. 1802 | 82 |
| Morier identifies the Tomb of Cyris: A.D. 1809 | 85 |
| Sir William Ouseley's Travels: A.D. 1811 | 87 |
| Sir R. Ker Porter becomes the chief authority: A.D. 1818 | 90 |
| The Sphere of Discovery widens—The Elvend and Van Inscriptions: A.D. 1827 | 94 |
| Rich visits Persepolis: A.D. 1821—His book published: a.d 1839 | 96 |
| Westergaard copies Inscription at Naksh-i-Rustam: A.D. 1843 | 102 |
| Major Rawlinson at Behistun: A.D. 1837-44 | 102 |
| The French Expeditions: A.D. 1840, Texier | 115 |
| „ „ „ Flandin and Coste | 118 |
| Stolze's Photographic Views: A.D. 1878 | 128 |
| Dieulafoy: A.D. 1881 | 131 |
| Lord Curzon: A.D. 1890 | 131 |
| Susa visited by Kinneir, Rawlinson, and Layard | 133 |
| Loftus excavates the Apadana: A.D. 1852 | 135 |
| Dieulafoy discovers the Lion and Archers friezes: A.D. 1885 | 138 |
| De Morgan and the Old Susian Inscriptions: A.D. 1897-9 | 143 |
| Inscriptions found in Egypt | 146 |
CHAPTER III | |
| Decipherment of the First or Persian Column: Tychsen to Lassen: A.D. 1798-1836 | 149 |
| Niebuhr gives the first Old Persian Alphabet | 149 |
| The predecessors of Grotefend: Tychsen and Münter: A.D. 1798 | 151 |
| Hager on Babylonian Inscriptions: A.D. 1801 | 163 |
| Lichtenstein thinks them Arabic | 166 |
| Grotefend deciphers 'Hystaspes, Darius, and Xerxes': A.D. 1802 | 168 |
| Discoveries on the site of Babylon: A.D. 1808-11 | 192 |
| Rich's Two Memoirs | 193 |
| St. Martin introduces Grotefend to France: A.D. 1822 | 195 |
| Rask identifies two letters: A.D. 1826 | 202 |
| Burnoufs 'Mémoires sur deux Inscriptions': A.D. 1836 | 204 |
