Fülszöveg
They Wrote on Clay
Edward Chiera was that most remarkable of men, a
competent and respected scholar possessed of an ardent
desire to make his research readily and entertainingly avail-
able to laymen. More remarkable, Chiera had extraordinary
gifts equal to his desire. They Wrote on Clay combines
fascinatingly the fruits of sound and painstaking archeology
with the natural-born storyteller's art. As transmitted by
Chiera, the message of the recently discovered Babylonian
clay tablets becomes an absorbing excursion into the common
life of a vanished civilization. Few will read They Wrote on
Clay without becoming infected with something of Chiera's
love for the rich archeological lore of the ancient Near East.
'The book presents, briefly and clearly, a vivid picture of a
long-dead people who in numerous ways were very like our-
selves/'—L. M. Field, New York Times.
•m
"No mystery story can be as exciting."—Harper s.
"Plainly and fetchingly written."—New Republic....
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Fülszöveg
They Wrote on Clay
Edward Chiera was that most remarkable of men, a
competent and respected scholar possessed of an ardent
desire to make his research readily and entertainingly avail-
able to laymen. More remarkable, Chiera had extraordinary
gifts equal to his desire. They Wrote on Clay combines
fascinatingly the fruits of sound and painstaking archeology
with the natural-born storyteller's art. As transmitted by
Chiera, the message of the recently discovered Babylonian
clay tablets becomes an absorbing excursion into the common
life of a vanished civilization. Few will read They Wrote on
Clay without becoming infected with something of Chiera's
love for the rich archeological lore of the ancient Near East.
'The book presents, briefly and clearly, a vivid picture of a
long-dead people who in numerous ways were very like our-
selves/'—L. M. Field, New York Times.
•m
"No mystery story can be as exciting."—Harper s.
"Plainly and fetchingly written."—New Republic.
PHOENIX BOOK published by the University of Chicago Press
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