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Jordan McLaren wrote on 27 July 2010 at 02:27:
A wonderful book. Bottéro's passion for his science is obvious, inspiring and invigorating; his ideas and his insight into a culture so distant from our own in time and space are profound. A must-read for anyone seeking to understand the Babylonians and Assyrians.