An edition of Lost languages
(2002)
Lost languages
the enigma of the world's undeciphered scripts
by Andrew Robinson
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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.
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 335-340) and index.
"A Peter N. Nevraumont book."
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