Author: John Chadwick
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Keywords: canto, linear, decipherment
Number of Pages: 180
Published: 1990-11-30
List price: $23.99
ISBN-10: 0521398304
ISBN-13: 9780521398305

The languages of the ancient world and the mysterious scripts, long undeciphered, in which they were encoded have represented one of the most intriguing problems of classical archaeology in modern times. This celebrated account of the decipherment of Linear B in the 1950s by Michael Ventris was written by his close collaborator in the momentous discovery. In revealing the secrets of Linear B it offers a valuable survey of late Minoan and Myceanean archaeology, uncovering fascinating details of the religion and economic history of an ancient civilisation.

Author: S. Levin
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Keywords: examined, controversy, decipherment, linear
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 1972-11
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0873950143
ISBN-13: 9780873950145

Author: Richard Parkinson
Publisher: University of California Press
Keywords: decipherment, stone, rosetta, codes, cracking
Number of Pages: 208
Published: 1999-09-15
List price: $60.00
ISBN-10: 0520223063
ISBN-13: 9780520223066

Napoleons troops discovered a granitoid slab in the village of Rosetta in the western Delta in 1799. The Rosetta Stone was to become one of the most famous Egyptian antiquities in the world as well as an instantly recognizable icon of script and decipherment. In this exciting, beautifully illustrated work, Richard Parkinson tells the story of the Stone’s discovery and the so-called battle of the decipherers that it inspired. Published to accompany a major exhibition at the British Museum celebrating the bicentenary of the Stone’s discovery, and including a selective c

Author: Richard Parkinson
Publisher: University of California Press
Keywords: decipherment, stone, rosetta, codes, cracking
Number of Pages: 208
Published: 1999-09-15
List price: $31.95
ISBN-10: 0520222482
ISBN-13: 9780520222489

Napoleon’s troops discovered a granitoid slab in the village of Rosetta in the western Delta in 1799. The Rosetta Stone was to become one of the most famous Egyptian antiquities in the world as well as an instantly recognizable icon of script and decipherment. In this exciting, beautifully illustrated work, Richard Parkinson tells the story of the Stone’s discovery and the so-called battle of the decipherers that it inspired. Published to accompany a major exhibition at the British Museum celebrating the bicentenary of the Stone’s discovery, and including a selective catalog

Authors:Stephen D. Houston, David Stuart, Oswaldo Chinchilla
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Keywords: writing, maya, ancient, decipherment
Number of Pages: 551
Published: 2001-05
List price: $65.00
ISBN-10: 0806132043
ISBN-13: 9780806132044

The Decipherment of Ancient Maya Writing is an important story of intellectual discovery and a tale of code breaking comparable to the interpreting of Egyptian hieroglyphs and the decoding of cuneiform. Using classic articles taken from publications unavailable to most readers, accounts by Spaniards who witnessed the writing of the glyphs and research by twentieth-century scholars--from Tatiana Proskouriakoff to Michael Coe--this book provides a history of the interpretation of Maya hieroglyphs. Introductory essays offer the historical context and describe the personalities and theories of the