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The Man Who Deciphered Linear B

Paperback • 2012 • English

The Man Who Deciphered Linear B

By Andrew Robinson

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About the book

Linear B is Europe's oldest readable writing, dating from the middle of the second millennium BC. This book, newly available in paperback, tells the life story of Michael Ventris, interlaced with that of his decipherment of Linear B. First discovered in 1900, on clay tablets among the ruins of the Palace of Minos at Knossos, Crete, it remained a mystery for over fifty years until 1952, when Michael Ventris discovered that its signs did not represent an unknown language as previously believed, bu...Show more

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ISBN

9780500289983

Publisher

Thames Hudson Ltd

Published year

2012

Language

English

Original title

The Man Who Deciphered Linear B

Format

Paperback

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