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French researcher cracks 4,000-year-old Elamite script from Iran

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French researcher cracks 4,000-year-old Elamite script from Iran
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The 4,000-year-old Linear Elamite script from what is now Iran has long eluded archaeologists hoping to unlock the secrets of a near-forgotten age. French archaeologist François Desset's work on deciphering the writing system now has some comparing him to Jean-François Champollion, the famed philologist who deciphered ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics. 

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