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the enigma of the world's undeciphered scripts

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McGraw-Hill
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Extinct languages, Writing, History

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Lost languages: the enigma of the world's great undeciphered scripts
2002, McGraw-Hill
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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.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 335-340) and index.
"A Peter N. Nevraumont book."

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411/.09
Library of Congress
P211 .R59 2002

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48032556
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