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<p><P>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 available to laymen. More remarkable, Chiera had extraordinary gifts to equal to his desire. <i>They Wrote on Clay</i> 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 exrusion into the common life of a vanished civilization. Few will read <i>They Wrote on Clay </i>without becoming infected with something of Chiera's love for the rich archeological lore of the ancient Near East. <br><br>"The book presents, briefly and clearly, a vivid picture of a long-dead people who in numerous ways were very like ourselves."&#8212;L. M. Field, <i>New York Times </i><br><br>"No mystery story can be as exciting."&#8212;<i>Harper's </i><br><br>"Plainly and fetchingly written."&#8212;<i>New Republic </i><br></p>

Author

Edward Chiera

Publisher

University of Chicago Press - Phoenix Books

Published

1938

Language

EN

ISBN

9780226104256