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Author Frimmer, Steven.

Title The stone that spoke : and other clues to the decipherment of lost languages / Steven Frimmer.

Imprint New York : Putnam c1969.

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 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  411.7 F916s    ---  Available
Description 192 p. : ill., maps. ; 21 cm.
Bibliography Bibliography: p. 184-185.
Summary 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.
Subject Inscriptions -- History -- Juvenile literature.

 
    
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