The riddle of the labyrinth : the quest to crack an ancient code / Margalit Fox.
2013
P1038 .F69 2013 (Mapit)
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Title
The riddle of the labyrinth : the quest to crack an ancient code / Margalit Fox.
Author
Fox, Margalit, author.
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780062228833 hardcover
0062228838 hardcover
0062228838 hardcover
Published
New York : Ecco, An imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2013]
Copyright
©2013
Language
English
Description
xx, 363 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Call Number
P1038 .F69 2013
Dewey Decimal Classification
487/.1
Summary
An intellectual detective story follows the quest to unlock one of the great secrets of human history--the decipherment of Linear B, an unknown script from the Aegean Bronze Age.
Note
Colored illustrations on lining papers.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [289]-296) and index.
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Table of Contents
Prologue : buried treasure
The digger. The record-keepers
The vanished key
Love among the ruins
The detective. American champollion
A delightful problem
Splitting the baby
The matrix
"Hurry up and decipher the thing!"
The architect. The hollow boy
A leap of faith
"I know it, I know it"
Solution, dissolution
Epilogue : Mr. X and Mr. Y
Appendix : the signs of Linear B.
The digger. The record-keepers
The vanished key
Love among the ruins
The detective. American champollion
A delightful problem
Splitting the baby
The matrix
"Hurry up and decipher the thing!"
The architect. The hollow boy
A leap of faith
"I know it, I know it"
Solution, dissolution
Epilogue : Mr. X and Mr. Y
Appendix : the signs of Linear B.