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Reading the past; the story of deciphering ancient languages

Title
Reading the past; the story of deciphering ancient languages [by] Leonard Cottrell.
Author
Cottrell, Leonard.
Publication
New York, Crowell-Collier Press [1971]

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Description
viii, 182 pages illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
The author tells how three ancient languages- Egyptian Hieroglyphics, Babylonian Cuneiform, and Cretan Linear B. - came to be deciphered.
Subject
  • Hieroglyphics
  • Cuneiform writing
  • Alphabet
  • Writing > History
  • hieroglyphics
  • cuneiform
  • Writing
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 171-173.
Contents
Man's most brilliant invention -- Egypt -- known and unknown -- Thomas Young, the pioneer -- The great Champollion -- The birth of Egyptian writing -- What the ancient Egyptian writings tell us -- The Mystery of cuneiform -- Grotefend's breakthrough -- Rawlinson and the Behistun Rock -- A lost world revealed -- I & II -- A schoolboy decides -- The mystery deepens -- The challenge of Linear B -- Triumph and tragedy -- Was it worth it? -- Summing up.
LCCN
73153762
OCLC
  • ocm00205238
  • 205238
  • SCSB-172990
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library