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Lost languages : the enigma of the world's undeciphered scripts /

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Investigates famous examples of unsolved scripts and codes, in an account that recalls the stories of three forefront decipherments including the Egyptian hieroglyphs, the Maya glyphs, and the Minoan Linear B clay tablets.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Robinson, Andrew, 1957- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : McGraw-Hill, [2002]
Series:	A Peter N. Nevraumont book
Subjects:	Writing > History. Extinct languages. Écriture > Histoire. Langues mortes. Extinct languages Writing Antike Tote Sprache Schrift Graphemik Schrift. Ontcijfering. Nonfiction. History
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