The stone that spoke
Subtitle: and other clues to the decipherment of lost languages.
Publisher: Putnam
Published: 1969
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
Subjects: Inscriptions -- History -- Juvenile literature.; Inscriptions.
Description: Describes the discoveries of and efforts to decipher long forgotten languages and relates how the interpretation of Egyptian hieroglyphics, Assyrian cuneiform, and the Linear "B" of the Minoans opened important doors to these ancient civilizations.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 184-185.