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Lost Languages: The Enigma of the World's Undeciphered Scripts

Hardcover • 2009 • English

Lost Languages: The Enigma of the World's Undeciphered Scripts

By Andrew Robinson

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Beginning with the stories of three great decipherments Egyptian hieroglyphs, Minoan Linear B and Mayan glyphs Lost Languages moves on to dissect the most well-known and enigmatic undeciphered scripts from around the world. They include the Etruscan alphabet of Italy, the Indus Valley seal script, Rongorongo from remote Easter Island, the Zapotec script of Mexico (probably the first writing system in the Americas), and the unique Phaistos disc of Crete. Lost Languages reports from the front line...Show more

Language: history and general works

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9780500514535

Published year

2009

Language

English

Original title

Lost Languages: The Enigma of the World's Undeciphered Scripts

Format

Hardcover

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