Roger D. Woodard is the Andrew Van Vranken Raymond Professor of the Classics at the University of Buffalo. His numerous publications include The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the World's Ancient Languages (2004).

• Editor's foreword Roger D. Woodard; 1. Language in ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt and Aksum: an introduction Roger D. Woodard; 2. Sumerian Piotr Michalowski; 3. Elamite Matthew W. Stolper; 4. Akkadian and Eblaite John Huehnergard and Christopher Woods; 5. Egyptian and Coptic Antonio Loprieno; 6. Ge'ez (Aksum) Gene Gragg; Appendix 1. Full table of contents from The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the World's Ancient Languages.

Roger D. Woodard is the Andrew Van Vranken Raymond Professor of the Classics at the University of Buffalo. His numerous publications include The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the World's Ancient Languages (2004).

• Editor's foreword Roger D. Woodard; 1. Language in ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt and Aksum: an introduction Roger D. Woodard; 2. Sumerian Piotr Michalowski; 3. Elamite Matthew W. Stolper; 4. Akkadian and Eblaite John Huehnergard and Christopher Woods; 5. Egyptian and Coptic Antonio Loprieno; 6. Ge'ez (Aksum) Gene Gragg; Appendix 1. Full table of contents from The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the World's Ancient Languages.

Roger D. Woodard is the Andrew Van Vranken Raymond Professor of the Classics at the University of Buffalo. His numerous publications include The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the World's Ancient Languages (2004).

• Editor's foreword Roger D. Woodard; 1. Language in ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt and Aksum: an introduction Roger D. Woodard; 2. Sumerian Piotr Michalowski; 3. Elamite Matthew W. Stolper; 4. Akkadian and Eblaite John Huehnergard and Christopher Woods; 5. Egyptian and Coptic Antonio Loprieno; 6. Ge'ez (Aksum) Gene Gragg; Appendix 1. Full table of contents from The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the World's Ancient Languages.