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The Undeciphered Signs of Linear B
Language: en
Pages: 374
Authors: Anna P. Judson
Categories: Foreign Language Study
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-09-24 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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Decades after Michael Ventris deciphered Linear B and showed that its language was Greek, nearly one-sixth of its syllabic signs' sound-values are still unknown
Aegean Linear Script(s)
Language: en
Pages: 437
Authors: Ester Salgarella
Categories: Foreign Language Study
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-10 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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Interdisciplinary examination of the transmission process of Linear A to Linear B script.
The Man Who Deciphered Linear B: The Story of Michael Ventris
Language: en
Pages: 168
Authors: Andrew Robinson
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-04-01 - Publisher: Thames & Hudson

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“Highly readable . . . a fitting tribute to the quiet outsider who taught the professionals their business and increased our knowledge of the human past.”�
The Decipherment of Linear B
Language: en
Pages: 108
Authors: John Chadwick
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-05-15 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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The languages of the ancient world and the mysterious scripts, long undeciphered, in which they were encoded have represented one of the most intriguing problem
Understanding Relations Between Scripts
Language: en
Pages: 176
Authors: Philippa Steele
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-08-31 - Publisher: Oxbow Books

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Examines the relationships between the writing systems of the ancient Aegean and Cyprus in the second and first millennia BC, principally Cretan 'Hieroglyphic',