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 * INTRODUCTION
 * Achaemenian Inscriptions, written in three styles of Cuneiform character, and in three different languages . .  .  ..
 * ix
 * The Decipherment of the Persian Text afforded the clue to the others . .  .  ..
 * Achaemenian Inscriptions, written in three styles of Cuneiform character, and in three different languages . .  .  ..
 * ix
 * The Decipherment of the Persian Text afforded the clue to the others . .  .  ..
 * Achaemenian Inscriptions, written in three styles of Cuneiform character, and in three different languages . .  .  ..
 * ix
 * The Decipherment of the Persian Text afforded the clue to the others . .  .  ..
 * The Decipherment of the Persian Text afforded the clue to the others . .  .  ..


 * xi
 * Discovery of Sumerian, the ancient language of Babylonia ..
 * xiii
 * The Historical Results . . . . . . . ..
 * xv
 * The Historical Results . . . . . . . ..
 * xv


 * CHAPTER I


 * The Discovery of Achaemenian Ruins and Inscriptions: Barbaro to Le Bruyn: A.D. 1472-1718 . . . . . ..
 * 1
 * Barbaro visits Chehel Minar and the Tomb of the Mother of Solomon: A.D. 1472
 * 9
 * The Portuguese Mission — Gouvea first mentions the Inscriptions: A.D. 1602
 * 11
 * Don Garcia de Silva Figueroa identifies Chehel Minar with Persepolis: A.D. 1618
 * 17
 * The 'Viaggi' of Pietro della Valle: A.D. 1621
 * 24
 * Sir Thomas Herbert, 'Relation of Some Years Travaile': A.D. 1627—The first view of Persepolis
 * 33
 * Mandelslo's View of the Tomb of the Mother of Solomon: A.D. 1638
 * 40
 * The French Travellers Daulier Deslandes, Thévenot, and Tavernier: A.D. 1665
 * 48
 * Dr. Hyde's opinion: A.D. 1700 ..
 * 59
 * Chardin's Travels—The Drawings of Grélot: A.D. 1711 . ..
 * 61
 * Kaempfer first describes the writing as 'Cuneiform': A.D. 1712.
 * 69
 * He and Le Bruyn make the first copies of Inscriptions: A.D. 1718.
 * 71
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 * Dr. Hyde's opinion: A.D. 1700 ..
 * 59
 * Chardin's Travels—The Drawings of Grélot: A.D. 1711 . ..
 * 61
 * Kaempfer first describes the writing as 'Cuneiform': A.D. 1712.
 * 69
 * He and Le Bruyn make the first copies of Inscriptions: A.D. 1718.
 * 71
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 * He and Le Bruyn make the first copies of Inscriptions: A.D. 1718.
 * 71
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