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Edward Hincks (19 August 1792 – 3 December 1866) was an Irish Church of Ireland clergyman, Egyptologist and Assyriologist, known for the decipherment of cuneiform.

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People Who Helped Decipher Ancient Writing Systems
People Who Helped Decipher Ancient Writing Systems
by curious_compiler  • 
A royal name, a repeated ending, and a set of dates can each give a reader a way into an unfamiliar script. These are some of the people who made those clues count. Start with Egyptian hieroglyphs...
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