大象传媒

"I will proclaim the deeds of Gilgamesh!" The epic of Gilgamesh is the world's oldest story written in the world's oldest script, cuneiform - wedge shaped marks pressed into clay with a reed.

"It looks as if little birds have gone out on the seashore after the tide's gone out," says calligrapher Margaret Prasthofer.

So how was this remarkable script decoded?