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100 1 $aRobinson, Andrew,$d1957-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88109880
245 10 $aLost languages :$bthe enigma of the world's great undeciphered scripts /$cAndrew Robinson.
260 $aNew York :$bMcGraw-Hill,$c[2002], ©2002.
300 $a352 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
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500 $a"A Peter N. Nevraumont book."
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 335-340) and index.
505 00 $tIntroduction: Writing Systems, Coded Civilizations and Undeciphered Scripts --$gPt. I.$tThree Great Decipherments.$gI.$tVoices of the Pharaohs: Egyptian Hieroglyphs (Egypt).$gII.$tThe Labyrinth of Minos: Linear B (Greece).$gIII.$tBishop de Landa's Inquisition: Mayan Glyphs (Central America) --$gPt. II.$tUndeciphered Scripts.$gIV.$tVoices of the Black Pharaohs: The Meroitic Script (Sudan).$gV.$tGreek but not Greek: The Etruscan Alphabet (Italy).$gVI.$tA Mediterranean Mystery: Linear A (The Aegean).$gVII.$tSecrets of the Ancient Ledgers: The Proto-Elamite Script (Iran).$gVIII.$tBirdmen of Rapanui: Rongorongo (Easter Island).$gIX.$tThe New World Begins to Write: The Zapotec and Isthmian Scripts (Mexico).$gX.$tAt the Sign of the Unicorn: The Indus Script (Pakistan/India).$gXI.$tSir Arthur's 'Chaunt of Victory': The Phaistos Disc (Crete).$gXII.$tThe Urge to Decipher.
650 0 $aWriting$xHistory.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85148638
650 0 $aExtinct languages.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85046567
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