Lost Languages: The Enigma of the World's Undeciphered Scripts - Softcover

Andrew Robinson

Softcover

ISBN 10: 050028816X ISBN 13: 9780500288160

Verlag: Thames and Hudson Ltd, 2009

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'If you hate unsolved mysteries this parade of incomprehensible texts will drive you nuts with frustration. But if you're a wannabe linguist, and perhaps the world's next Michael Ventris, you'll definitely want to read this book' - Focus 'Robinson's enthusiasm for the subject is so infectious that you might find youreself trying to crack Etruscan in your spare time' - Archaeology

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Beginning with the stories of three great decipherments - Egyptian hieroglyphs, Minoan Linear B and Mayan glyphs - Lost Languages moves on to dissect the most well-known and enigmatic undeciphered scripts from around the world. These include the Etruscan alphabet of Italy, the Indus Valley seal script, Rongorongo from remote Easter Island, the Zapotec script of Mexico (probably the first writing system in the Americas), and the unique Phaistos disc of Crete. Lost Languages reports from the front lines of scholarship where obsessions, genius, occasional delusion and sometimes bitter rivalry are de rigueur among those currently competing for the rare honour of cracking these ancient codes - and giving voice to forgotten worlds.

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• Verlag: Thames and Hudson Ltd
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
• ISBN 10: 050028816X
• ISBN 13: 9780500288160
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 352