The Behistun Inscription was carved into a cliff wall. It was deciphered by Henry Rawlinson. It contains the same text in 3 different languages. All 3 of the texts, however, are written in the same script. What is this script called?
- Hieroglyphs
- Cyrillic
- Cuneiform
- Hangul
Answer
The correct answer is C) Cuneiform.
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