Irving Finkel on the Invention and Decipherment of Cuneiform
The Royal Institution · Lecture · 39 min · 2019 · YouTube title: Cracking Ancient Codes: Cuneiform Writing - with Irving Finkel
Why it's here
HN users recommend it as a delightful, well-told account of how cuneiform developed and was decoded.
What it covers
Irving Finkel of the British Museum lectures at the Royal Institution on the invention and decipherment of cuneiform writing in Mesopotamia, and why it is so hard to translate.