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020    0071357432|qhardcover 
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050 00 P211|b.R59 2002 
082 00 411/.09|221 
100 1  Robinson, Andrew,|d1957- 
245 10 Lost languages :|bthe enigma of the world's undeciphered 
       scripts /|cAndrew Robinson. 
264  1 New York :|bMcGraw-Hill,|c[2002] 
264  4 |c©2002 
300    352 pages :|billustrations ;|c24 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
500    "A Peter N. Nevraumont book." 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-340) and 
       index. 
505 00 |tIntroduction: writing systems, coded civilizations and 
       undeciphered scripts --|gPt. I. Three great decipherments 
       --|tVoices of the Pharaohs: Egyptian hieroglyphs (Egypt) -
       -|tLabyrinth of Minos: linear B (Greece) --|tBishop de 
       Landa's inquisition: Mayan glyphs (Central America) --
       |gPt. II. Undeciphered scripts --|tVoices of the Black 
       Pharaohs: the Meroitic script (Sudan) --|tGreek but not 
       Greek: the Etruscan alphabet (Italy) --|tMediterranean 
       mystery: linear A (the Aegean) --|tSecrets of the ancient 
       ledgers: the proto-elamite script (Iran) --|tBirdmen of 
       Rapanui: Rongorongo (Easter Island) --|tNew world begins 
       to write: the Zapotec and Isthmian scripts (Mexico) --|tAt
       the sign of the unicorn: the Indus script (Pakistan/India)
       --|tSir Arthur's 'Chaunt of victory': the Phaistos disc 
       (Crete) --|gConclusion --|tUrge to decipher. 
650  0 Writing|xHistory. 
650  0 Extinct languages. 
856 41 |3Table of contents|uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy022/
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856 42 |3Publisher description|uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/
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