| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xx, 363 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [289]-346) and index. |
| Contents |
Buried treasure -- The digger. The record-keepers ; The vanished key ; Love among the ruins -- The detective. American Champollion ; A delightful problem ; Splitting the baby ; The matrix ; "Hurry up and deciper the thing!" -- The architect. The hollow boy ; A leap of faith ; "I know it, I know it" ; Solution, dissolution -- Mr. X and Mr. Y. |
| Summary |
An intellectual detective story follows the quest to unlock one of the great secrets of human history--the decipherment of Linear B, an unknown script from the Aegean Bronze Age. |
| Note |
Colored illustrations on lining papers. |
| Subject |
Inscriptions, Linear B.
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Civilization, Mycenaean.
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Kober, Alice, 1906-1950.
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Evans, Arthur, Sir, 1851-1941.
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Ventris, Michael.
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Women linguists -- Biography.
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Archaeologists -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Archaeologists -- Greece -- Biography.
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| ISBN |
9780062228833 |
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0062228838 |
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