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100 1 $aRobinson, Andrew,$d1957-
245 10 $aLost languages :$bthe enigma of the world's undeciphered scripts /$cAndrew Robinson.
260 $aNew York :$bMcGraw-Hill,$cc2002.
300 $a352 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
500 $a"A Peter N. Nevraumont book."
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 335-340) and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction: writing systems, coded civilizations and undeciphered scripts -- Pt. I. Three great decipherments -- Voices of the Pharaohs: Egyptian hieroglyphs (Egypt) -- Labyrinth of Minos: linear B (Greece) -- Bishop de Landa's inquisition: Mayan glyphs (Central America) -- Pt. II. Undeciphered scripts -- Voices of the Black Pharaohs: the Meroitic script (Sudan) -- Greek but not Greek: the Etruscan alphabet (Italy) -- Mediterranean mystery: linear A (the Aegean) -- Secrets of the ancient ledgers: the proto-elamite script (Iran) -- Birdmen of Rapanui: Rongorongo (Easter Island) -- New world begins to write: the Zapotec and Isthmian scripts (Mexico) -- At the sign of the unicorn: the Indus script (Pakistan/India) -- Sir Arthur's 'Chaunt of victory': the Phaistos disc (Crete) -- Conclusion -- Urge to decipher.
650 0 $aWriting$xHistory.
650 0 $aExtinct languages.
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