Robinson, Andrew,  1957- <br/><br/>
Lost languages :  the enigma of the world's undeciphered scripts / 
by Andrew Robinson. 
 - London :  Thames & Hudson,  2009. 
 - 352 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/> With hardcover 
<br/><br/>Notes and references: pp. 324-334; bibliography: pp. 335-340; index: pp. 344-352 
<br/><br/>Cont.: Introduction: writing systems, coded civilizations and undeciphered scripts -- pt. I. Three great decipherments -- Voices of the Pharaohs: Egyptian hieroglyphs (Egypt) -- Labyrinth of Minos: linear B (Greece) -- Bishop de Landa's inquisition: Mayan glyphs (Central America) -- pt. II. Undeciphered scripts -- Voices of the Black Pharaohs: the Meroitic script (Sudan) -- Greek but not Greek: the Etruscan alphabet (Italy) -- Mediterranean mystery: linear A (the Aegean) -- Secrets of the ancient ledgers: the proto-elamite script (Iran) -- Birdmen of Rapanui: Rongorongo (Easter Island) -- New world begins to write: the Zapotec and Isthmian scripts (Mexico) -- At the sign of the unicorn: the Indus script (Pakistan/India) -- Sir Arthur's 'Chaunt of victory': the Phaistos disc (Crete) -- Conclusion -- Urge to decipher. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>978-0-500-51453-5 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Writing--History<br/>Extinct languages