“Egyptology and Assyriology are included here, although close links exist with the Department of Archaeology.”

“The department of Assyriology advances the study of cuneiform texts stemming from ancient Mesopotamia.”

“However, teaching in Assyriology did not begin in earnest until much later.”

“In 1872 George Smith, a young Assyriologist at the British Museum, discovered that one of these tablets told the story of a great flood that had covered Earth.”

“Babington was followed in 1891 by the noted celticist Prof John Rhys of Oxford, the Assyriologist Rev Prof A H Sayce, also of Oxford.”

“Written by a noted Assyriologist, this book provides a detailed introduction to Babylonian medicine.”