#7 - that's simply because there are so many. Cuneiform was used to write several different ancient languages, all of which are known. There are 10s of thousands of tablets waiting to be translated due to a lack of labor, not knowledge.
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#7 - that's simply because there are so many. Cuneiform was used to write several different ancient languages, all of which are known. There are 10s of thousands of tablets waiting to be translated due to a lack of labor, not knowledge.