Forgotten Scripts. How they were deciphered and their impact on contemporary culture

1. Codes and Ciphers; 2. The Decipherment of Egyptian; 3. Grotefend’s Decipherment of Old Persian; 4. Reclaiming the Sumero-Akkadian Legacy; 5. Cuneiform and Hieroglyphic Hittite; 6. Ugaritic: Decipherment and Impact; 7. The Aegean Syllabary; $6.95.

Bibliographische Detailangaben
1. VerfasserIn: Gordon, Cyrus H.
Medienart: Druck Buch
In:Jahr: 1968
Veröffentlicht: New York 1968
KeiBi Identifikator:30:78
Alle Rezensionen:AJ 49 (1969) 407-408 (W. Brice)
Antiquity 43/170 (1969) 150-151 (J. Chadwick)
Beschreibung
Zusammenfassung:1. Codes and Ciphers; 2. The Decipherment of Egyptian; 3. Grotefend’s Decipherment of Old Persian; 4. Reclaiming the Sumero-Akkadian Legacy; 5. Cuneiform and Hieroglyphic Hittite; 6. Ugaritic: Decipherment and Impact; 7. The Aegean Syllabary; $6.95.