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https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/the-struggle-to-unearth-the-worlds-first-author
It's always a little infuriating how slow bodies of discourse are to admit needed changes. In this case, the evidence in favor of Enheduanna seems awfully clear.
The Struggle to Unearth the World’s First Author | The New Yorker • https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/the-struggle-to-unearth-the-worlds-first-author?utm_source=digg
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The Struggle to Unearth the World’s First Author
Elizabeth Winkler writes about Enheduanna, a priestess of ancient Mesopotamia, and an upcoming exhbition about her at New York’s Morgan Library & Museum titled “She Who Wrote: Enheduanna and Women of Mesopotamia.”Elizabeth Winkler (The New Yorker)
