Lost languages
Subtitle: the enigma of the world's undeciphered scripts
By: Andrew Robinson.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 352
Subjects: Writing -- History.; Extinct languages.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 335-340) and index.
"A Peter N. Nevraumont book."
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 8; title: INTRODUCTION; title: Writing Systems, Coded Civilizations and Undeciphered Scripts 10; title: PART I THREE GREAT DECIPHERMENTS; title: I Voices of the Pharaohs; title: EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPHS (EGYPT) 50; title: II The Labyrinth of Minos; title: LINEAR B (GREECE) 74; title: III Bishop de Landa's Inquisition; title: MAYAN GLYPHS (CENTRAL AMERICA) 104; title: PART II UNDECIPHERED SCRIPTS; title: IV Voices of the Black Pharaohs; title: THE MEROITIC SCRIPT (SUDAN) 140; title: V Greek but not Greek; title: THE ETRUSCAN ALPHABET (ITALY) 156; title: VI A Mediterranean Mystery; title: LINEAR A (THE AEGEAN) 182; title: VII Secrets of the Ancient Ledgers; title: THE PROTO-ELAMITE SCRIPT (IRAN) 200; title: VIII Birdmen of Rapanui; title: RONGORONGO (EASTER ISLAND) 218; title: IX 7he New World Begins to Write; title: THE ZAPOTEC AND ISTHMIAN SCRIPTS (MEXICO) 244; title: X At the Sign of the Unicorn; title: THE INDUS SCRIPT (PAKISTAN/INDIA) 264; title: XI Sir Arthur's 'Chaunt of Victory '; title: THE PHAISTOS DISC (CRETE) 296; title: CONCLUSION; title: XII 7he Urge to Decipher 316; title: NOTES AND REFERENCES 324; title: FURTHER READING 334; title: BIBLIOGRAPHY 335; title: ILLUSTRATION CREDITS 341; title: INDEX 344.