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The decipherment of linear B
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 writ...
Wedi'i Gadw mewn:
| Fformat: | Online Resource Llyfr |
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| Iaith: | English |
| Cyhoeddwyd: |
Cambridge [England] ; New York
: Cambridge University Press
, 1990
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| Rhifyn: | Canto ed. |
| Pynciau: | |
| Mynediad Ar-lein: | lizenzpflichtig |
| Nodiadau'r Awdur: | by John Chadwick |
| Crynodeb: | 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 |
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| Disgrifiad o'r Eitem: | Includes index. - Description based on print version record |
| Disgrifiad Corfforoll: | Online Ressource (ix, 164 p.) |
| ISBN: | 9781107590090 1107590094 0511001088 9780511001086 |
