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000264696 010__ $$a  2001051412
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000264696 05000 $$aP211$$b.R59 2002
000264696 08200 $$a411/.09$$221
000264696 1001_ $$aRobinson, Andrew,$$d1957-
000264696 24510 $$aLost languages :$$bthe enigma of the world's undeciphered scripts /$$cAndrew Robinson.
000264696 260__ $$aNew York :$$bMcGraw-Hill,$$cc2002.
000264696 300__ $$a352 p. :$$bill. ;$$c24 cm.
000264696 500__ $$a"A Peter N. Nevraumont book."
000264696 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 335-340) and index.
000264696 50500 $$tIntroduction: writing systems, coded civilizations and undeciphered scripts --$$gPt. I. Three great decipherments --$$tVoices of the Pharaohs: Egyptian hieroglyphs (Egypt) --$$tLabyrinth of Minos: linear B (Greece) --$$tBishop de Landa's inquisition: Mayan glyphs (Central America) --$$gPt. II. Undeciphered scripts --$$tVoices of the Black Pharaohs: the Meroitic script (Sudan) --$$tGreek but not Greek: the Etruscan alphabet (Italy) --$$tMediterranean mystery: linear A (the Aegean) --$$tSecrets of the ancient ledgers: the proto-elamite script (Iran) --$$tBirdmen of Rapanui: Rongorongo (Easter Island) --$$tNew world begins to write: the Zapotec and Isthmian scripts (Mexico) --$$tAt the sign of the unicorn: the Indus script (Pakistan/India) --$$tSir Arthur's 'Chaunt of victory': the Phaistos disc (Crete) --$$gConclusion --$$tUrge to decipher.
000264696 650_0 $$aWriting$$xHistory.
000264696 650_0 $$aExtinct languages.
000264696 85200 $$bgen$$hP211$$i.R59$$i2002
000264696 85641 $$3Table of contents$$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy022/2001051412.html
000264696 85642 $$3Publisher description$$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/mh021/2001051412.html
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