2014, ISBN: 1781251339

[EAN: 9781781251331], Neubuch, [PU: Profile Books Ltd, London], Paperback. The decoding of Linear B is one of the world's greatest stories: from the discovery of a cache of ancient tablet… Mehr…

[EAN: 9781781251331], Neubuch, [PU: Profile Books Ltd, London], Paperback. The decoding of Linear B is one of the world's greatest stories: from the discovery of a cache of ancient tablets recording a lost prehistoric language to the dramatic solution of the riddle nearly seventy years later, it exerts a mesmerising pull on the imagination.But this captivating story is missing a crucial piece. Two men have dominated Linear B in popular history: Arthur Evans, the intrepid Victorian archaeologist who unearthed Linear B at Knossos and Michael Ventris, the dashing young amateur who produced a solution. But there was a third figure: Alice Kober, without whose painstaking work, recorded on pieces of paper clipped from hymn-sheets and magazines and stored in cigarette boxes in her Brooklyn loft, Linear B might still remain a mystery.Drawing on Kober's own papers - only made available recently - Margalit Fox provides the final piece of the enigma, and along the way reveals how you decipher a language when you know neither its grammar nor its alphabet as well as the stories behind other ancient languages, like the dancing-man Rongorongo of Easter Island. The full story of the race to decipher the world's greatest puzzle. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability., Books<

2014, ISBN: 1781251339

[EAN: 9781781251331], Neubuch, [PU: Profile Books Ltd, London], Paperback. The decoding of Linear B is one of the world's greatest stories: from the discovery of a cache of ancient tablet… Mehr…

[EAN: 9781781251331], Neubuch, [PU: Profile Books Ltd, London], Paperback. The decoding of Linear B is one of the world's greatest stories: from the discovery of a cache of ancient tablets recording a lost prehistoric language to the dramatic solution of the riddle nearly seventy years later, it exerts a mesmerising pull on the imagination.But this captivating story is missing a crucial piece. Two men have dominated Linear B in popular history: Arthur Evans, the intrepid Victorian archaeologist who unearthed Linear B at Knossos and Michael Ventris, the dashing young amateur who produced a solution. But there was a third figure: Alice Kober, without whose painstaking work, recorded on pieces of paper clipped from hymn-sheets and magazines and stored in cigarette boxes in her Brooklyn loft, Linear B might still remain a mystery.Drawing on Kober's own papers - only made available recently - Margalit Fox provides the final piece of the enigma, and along the way reveals how you decipher a language when you know neither its grammar nor its alphabet as well as the stories behind other ancient languages, like the dancing-man Rongorongo of Easter Island. The full story of the race to decipher the world's greatest puzzle. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability., Books<

2014, ISBN: 9781781251331

Profile Books, Taschenbuch, Auflage: Main, 384 Seiten, Publiziert: 2014-07-24T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, Hersteller-Nr.: 9781781251331, 0.57 kg, Verkaufsrang: 972310, Linguistik, Soz… Mehr…

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