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ISBN: 0500514534 - Lost Languages: The Enigma of the World's Undeciphered Scripts

Title:	Lost Languages: The Enigma of the World's Undeciphered Scripts
Author:	Andrew Robinson
Publisher:	Thames & Hudson
Type:	Book / Hardcover
Publication Date:	16 February, 2009
ISBN / ISBN-13:	0500514534 / 9780500514535
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Beginning with stories of three great decipherments Egyptian hieroglyphs, Minoan Linear B and Mayan glyphs, this work moves on to dissect the undeciphered scripts from around the world. It includes the Etruscan alphabet of Italy, the Indus Valley seal script, Rongorongo from Easter Island, the Zapotec script of Mexico, and Phaistos disc of Crete.

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