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(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
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 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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