The American Journal of Archaeology and ... The American Journal of Archaeology and of the History of the Fine Arts Vol. 3, No. 1/2, Jun., 1887 Notes on Oriental Antiquities. IV. The R... Notes on ...

Reading the Babylonian relic, which includes a circular map accompanied by text in the ancient style of cuneiform which used wedge-shaped symbols, has unlocked a mythical world of monsters and beasts.

The American Journal of Archaeology and of the History of the Fine Arts, Vol. 3, No. 3/4 (Dec., 1887), pp. 385-386 (2 pages) ...

The unlikely researcher, George Smith, made one of archaeology's most sensational finds when he uncovered the cuneiform-inscribed clay tablet containing fragments of a lost Babylonian epic.