For over 2,000 years, scholars dismissed Sumerian cuneiform as decorative "bird tracks"
“THAT IS NOT WRITING, ITS BIRD TRACKS.”—EXPERTS
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The key to finally decoding it was found by a man dangling from ropes 300 feet up a sheer Iranian cliff.
The breakthrough centered on the Behistun Inscription.
Commissioned by Darius the Great in 522 BCE, the monument featured the same royal proclamation in three distinct, long-forgotten languages: Old Persian, Elamite, and Babylonian (a form of Akkadian).
Below: The Behistun Inscription features the same royal proclamation in three different cuneiform scripts.
“THAT IS NOT WRITING, ITS BIRD TRACKS.”—EXPERTS
— Brian Roemmele (@BrianRoemmele)September 28, 2026
For over 2,000 years, scholars dismissed Sumerian cuneiform as decorative "bird tracks." The key to finally decoding it was found by a man dangling from ropes 300 feet up a sheer Iranian cliff.
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