Voices in Stone
Publisher: Augustus M Kelley Pubs
Published: June 1961
Place of publication: New York; USA
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 327
ISBN-13: 9780678031520
Subjects: Extinct languages; History; Writing; Alphabet
Notes: Viking reprint editions
Table of contents: title: An introduction to writing -- The riddle of the Sphinx : the decipherment of Egyptian writing -- Ahura Mazda came to my aid : the decipherment of Old Persian cuneiform -- In cuneiform on six bricks : the decipherment of Mesopotamian cuneiform -- Wedge and symbol of the land of Hatti : the interpretation of Hittite cuneiform and the decipherment of Hittite hieroglyphs -- “Cape Fennel” at “White Harbour” and Gubla the “city of paper” : the decipherment of Ugaritic and Gublitic -- Of gods and princes of commerce : the decipherment of the Cypriote syllabary -- War chariots and beakers : the decipherment of Creto-Mycenaean Linear B -- Prince Kul-Tigin, Bilge-Kagan and the wise Tonjukuk : the decipherment of the Old Turkish runic script -- Decipherments of tomorrow : Etruscan, the scripts of the Indus Valley and of Easter Island.