Liege, Belgium, April 28, 2026 (AFP) - A researcher's quest to decipher a 4,000-year-old script from Iran

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2026-04-28

While a modern-day war has focused the world's attention on Iran, for French archeologist Francois Desset it was a millennia-old mystery that drew him to the country. His quest: to decipher the 4,000-year-old writing system of Linear Elamite that had long been considered impossible to crack. "Of all the writing systems used in Iran, the only one that is truly local -- developed within the territory we now call Iran -- is Linear Elamite," the 43......

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