Jørgen Alexander Knudtzon
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Jørgen Alexander Knudtzon
Jørgen Alexander Knudtzon was a
Norwegian
linguist
and
historian
. In recognizing the
Hittite language
as
Indo-European
on the basis of two letters found in
Egypt
(Die zwei Arzawa-Briefe,
1902
), he played an important role in the dechipering of the Hittite language script. In two landmark volumes (
1907
and
1915
) he published the
Amarna letters
, diplomatic correspondence of the reign of
Pharaoh
Amenhotep IV, better known as
Akhenaten
(1351 - 1334 BCE).
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