The Lifeboat that Saved the World - Hardcover

Irving Finkel

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0500651221 ISBN 13: 9780500651223

Publisher: Thames and Hudson Ltd, 2017

Synopsis

The original account of a great flood-- forgotten for thousands of years until it was recently rediscovered and deciphered--is now retold for children

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Review:

Will appeal to teens with an interest in ancient epics... The author provides a careful and detailed explanation of how this story was found and why, after thousands of years, people are still able to decipher the ancient cuneiform. The story is rich in its characterization and the arguments between the gods are humorous.

About the Author:

Irving Finkel is Assistant Keeper in the Department of the Middle East at the British Museum in London, where he is the curator of the collection of cuneiform clay tablets. He is the best-selling author of The Ark Before Noah, which documents the newly translated tablet of the Babylonian story of the flood which was recorded on clay tablets long before it was written down in the Hebrew Bible, proving it to be one of the world's most ancient and lasting stories. It is that tablet that has given rise to the story in this book.

About this edition

• Publisher: Thames and Hudson Ltd
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 0500651221
• ISBN 13: 9780500651223
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 104