Waddell's Theories
Waddell's voluminious writings after his retirement were based on an attempt to prove the Sumerians (who he identified as Aryans) as the progenitors of other ancient civilizations, such as the Indus Valley Civilization and ancient Egyptians to "the classic greeks and Romans and Ancient Britons, to whom they passed on from hand to hand down the ages the torch of civilization". He is most remembered however for his controversial translations, such as the Scheil dynastic tablet, the Bowl of Utu and Newton Stone.
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