The Mesopotamian Riddle: An Archaeologist, a Soldier, a Clergyman, and the Race to Decipher the World's Oldest Writing

by Joshua Hammer

A rollicking adventure starring three free-spirited Victorians on a twenty-year quest to decipher cuneiform, the oldest writing in the world--from the New York Times bestselling author of The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu.

It was one of history's great vanishing acts.

Around 3,400 BCE--as humans were gathering in complex urban settlements--a scribe in the mud-walled city-state of Uruk picked up a reed...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1668015447
• ISBN13: 9781668015445
• Release Date: March 2025
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.4"