![]() Single territory rights for trade books worldwide rights for academic books. Print and/or digital, including use in online academic databases. Web display, social media, apps or blogs. Personal presentation use or non-commercial, non-public use within a company or organization only. Not for commercial use, not for public display, not for resale. The French original articles of the blog can be found here.Personal Prints, Cards, Gifts, Reference. Welcome to the blog that aims to help you discover three thousand years of the Near East’s history - a history with multiple, highly complex roots. in the shape of a wedge), makes it possible to address a wide range of topics, including society, law, literature, technical issues, economics, handicrafts, mathematics, astronomy, medicine, art, and so on. ![]() Assyriology, a historical discipline based on the decipherment of cuneiform texts (i.e. In order to help us to better understand what links us to the ancient Near East, this blog will present the discoveries and advances made through research in the field of Assyriology and Near Eastern Archaeology. His was the cohesive force that helped preserve and enrich one of mankind's very earliest civilizations throughout its long historical career, that impressed upon it its unique form and character, and that maintained and revitalized its vast body of traditions, customs, and ideals over the. With the destruction of ancient sites, monuments and museums that shelter the relics of ancient Mesopotamia, it is in fact our own past which is irretrievably lost. The pivotal role of the scribe in the development of Mesopotamian culture can scarcely be exaggerated. This blog came into being as a wake-up call to raise awareness of the importance of safeguarding cultural heritage in Iraq and Syria. ( Le tour du monde des écritures, Les écritures cunéiformes et leur déchiffrement, Histoire de déchiffrements, Les débuts de l’histoire and a film: L’écriture cunéiforme, écrire et compter.) About this blog Cuneiform scribe (Drawing: Xavier Faivre) In addition to publishing numerous scientific works and articles, she is highly committed to the transmission of knowledge to young (and not so young) people. A decipherer of cuneiform tablets from Upper Mesopotamia and Anatolia that date from the second millennium BCE, she conducts research on ancient economies, commerce and society, the history of women and gender, everyday life and material culture, historical chronology and geography, education, and the practice of writing and arithmetic calculation. She was president of the International Association for Assyriology (2014-2018). The Assyriologist Cécile Michel is Director of Research at the CNRS in the Archaeology and Sciences of Antiquity Laboratory (Nanterre), and serves as a professor at the University of Hamburg (Germany).
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