LEADER 00000cam 2200000 a 4500 001 ocm48032556 003 OCoLC 005 20021104000000.0 008 010919t20022002nyua b 001 0 eng 010 2001051412 015 GBA2-Z2287 020 0071357432|qhardcover 035 (OCoLC)48032556 040 DLC|beng|cDLC|dUKM|dC#P|dVVC|dSYB 049 GWKA 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/ 2001051412.html 856 42 |3Publisher description|uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/ description/mh021/2001051412.html 994 90|bGWK
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