Ancient Mystery · 1200 BC

The King Who Wrote His Last Words in Clay (1190 BC)

Three thousand two hundred years ago, every great city of the eastern Mediterranean burned. The people who did it left no name behind. And the survivors lost the ability to write for the next four hundred years.

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