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An edition of Lost languages
(2002)
Lost languages
the enigma of the world's undeciphered scripts
by Andrew Robinson
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Extinct languages, Writing, HistoryPreviews available in: English
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Lost languages: the enigma of the world's great undeciphered scripts
2002, McGraw-Hill
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Lost languages: the enigma of the world's undeciphered scripts
2002, McGraw-Hill
in English
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Lost languages
First published in 2002
Subjects
Extinct languages, Writing, HistoryClassifications
Library of Congress | P211 .R59 2002 |
Dewey | 411/.09 |
Lost languages
the enigma of the world's undeciphered scripts
This edition was published in 2002 by McGraw-Hill in New York.
Table of Contents
Machine generated contents note: ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 8 | ||
INTRODUCTION | ||
Writing Systems, Coded Civilizations and Undeciphered Scripts 10 | ||
PART I THREE GREAT DECIPHERMENTS | ||
I Voices of the Pharaohs | ||
EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPHS (EGYPT) 50 | ||
II The Labyrinth of Minos | ||
LINEAR B (GREECE) 74 | ||
III Bishop de Landa's Inquisition | ||
MAYAN GLYPHS (CENTRAL AMERICA) 104 | ||
PART II UNDECIPHERED SCRIPTS | ||
IV Voices of the Black Pharaohs | ||
THE MEROITIC SCRIPT (SUDAN) 140 | ||
V Greek but not Greek | ||
THE ETRUSCAN ALPHABET (ITALY) 156 | ||
VI A Mediterranean Mystery | ||
LINEAR A (THE AEGEAN) 182 | ||
VII Secrets of the Ancient Ledgers | ||
THE PROTO-ELAMITE SCRIPT (IRAN) 200 | ||
VIII Birdmen of Rapanui | ||
RONGORONGO (EASTER ISLAND) 218 | ||
IX 7he New World Begins to Write | ||
THE ZAPOTEC AND ISTHMIAN SCRIPTS (MEXICO) 244 | ||
X At the Sign of the Unicorn | ||
THE INDUS SCRIPT (PAKISTAN/INDIA) 264 | ||
XI Sir Arthur's 'Chaunt of Victory ' | ||
THE PHAISTOS DISC (CRETE) 296 | ||
CONCLUSION | ||
XII 7he Urge to Decipher 316 | ||
NOTES AND REFERENCES 324 | ||
FURTHER READING 334 | ||
BIBLIOGRAPHY 335 | ||
ILLUSTRATION CREDITS 341 | ||
INDEX 344. |
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 335-340) and index.
"A Peter N. Nevraumont book."
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