The Decipherment of Linear BCambridge University Press, 13/09/1990 - 180 من الصفحات 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. |
المحتوى
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THE MINOAN SCRIPTS | 5 |
HOPES AND FAILURES | 26 |
BIRTH OF A THEORY | 40 |
GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT | 67 |
THE DECIPHERMENT AND THE CRITICS | 81 |
LIFE IN MYCENAEAN GREECE | 101 |
PROSPECTS | 134 |
POSTSCRIPT | 141 |
MYCENAEAN TABLETS IN TRANSCRIPTION | 158 |
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