Excerpt from The Oldest Christian People: A Brief Account of the History and Traditions of the Assyrian People and the Fateful History of the Nestorian Church
Thanks are due to Sir Henry Rawlinson for his most valuable service in finding the keys of the As syrian language and deciphering ancient codes and texts. Since these discoveries were made, scholars have been translating Assyrian tablets and throwing light upon ancient history as well as upon the his tory of religion.
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