Hittites: The Story of a Forgotten Empire
Archibald Henry Sayce was born in Shirehampton, Bristol, to a family of Shropshire descent.
Sayce was a fragile child who suffered from tuberculosis. Although this meant he started his education late he soon caught up, aided by a private tutor. By age ten he was reading Homer in the original Greek.
He attended The Queen''s College, Oxford, and became a fellow in 1869.
In 1874 Sayce published a long...
Archibald Henry Sayce was born in Shirehampton, Bristol, to a family of Shropshire descent.
Sayce was a fragile child who suffered from tuberculosis. Although this meant he started his education late he soon caught up, aided by a private tutor. By age ten he was reading Homer in the original Greek.
He attended The Queen''s College, Oxford, and became a fellow in 1869.
In 1874 Sayce published a long...
