Miguel Civil, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Assyriologist & Sumerologist
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Place of Birth: Sabadell, Catalonia, Spain
About Miguel Civil
- Miguel Civil (Miquel Civil i Desveus; May 7, 1926 - January 13, 2019) was an expert on Sumer and Ancient Mesopotamian studies at the University of Chicago Oriental Institute.
- According to his colleague, Christopher Woods, at the time of his death, Civil knew Sumerian better than anyone since it was last spoken 4000 years ago.
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