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Jacobsen Appointed
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Thorkild Jacobsen, a scholar of the languages and peoples of ancient Mesopotamia, has joined the Faculty as professor of Assyriology. He came to Harvard as visiting professor this year from the University of Chicago.
Jacobsen is regarded as a preeminent authority on the ancient cultures of Mesopotamia, especially that of the Sumerian, the earliest civilization. Beginning in 1939, he has conducted a number of important archeological excavations in Mesopotamia.
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