Assyrian discoveries

George Smith: George Smith, born 26th March 1840, dead 19th August 1876, was a pioneering English Assyriologist. Smith's earliest successes were the discoveries of two unique inscriptions early in 1867. The first, a total eclipse of the sun in the month of Sivan inscribed on tablet K51, he linked to the speculator eclipse that occured on 15 June 763 BC. This discovery is the cornerstone of ancient...