| Description |
352 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Note |
"A Peter N. Nevraumont book." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-340) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: writing systems, coded civilizations and undeciphered scripts -- Pt. I. Three great decipherments -- Voices of the Pharaohs: Egyptian hieroglyphs (Egypt) -- Labyrinth of Minos: linear B (Greece) -- Bishop de Landa's inquisition: Mayan glyphs (Central America) -- Pt. II. Undeciphered scripts -- Voices of the Black Pharaohs: the Meroitic script (Sudan) -- Greek but not Greek: the Etruscan alphabet (Italy) -- Mediterranean mystery: linear A (the Aegean) -- Secrets of the ancient ledgers: the proto-elamite script (Iran) -- Birdmen of Rapanui: Rongorongo (Easter Island) -- New world begins to write: the Zapotec and Isthmian scripts (Mexico) -- At the sign of the unicorn: the Indus script (Pakistan/India) -- Sir Arthur's 'Chaunt of victory': the Phaistos disc (Crete) -- Conclusion -- Urge to decipher. |
| Subject |
Writing -- History.
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Extinct languages.
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| ISBN |
0071357432 hardcover |
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