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008			141216s2009 enk r 000 0 eng d
020			_a978-0-500-51453-5
040			_aAM-YeNLA
041	0		_aeng
100	1		_aRobinson, Andrew, _d1957-
245	1	0	_aLost languages : _bthe enigma of the world's undeciphered scripts / _cby Andrew Robinson.
260			_aLondon : _bThames & Hudson, _c2009.
300			_a352 p. : _bill. ; _c24 cm.
500			_aWith hardcover
504			_aNotes and references: pp. 324-334; bibliography: pp. 335-340; index: pp. 344-352
505	0		_aCont.: 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.
650	1	4	_aWriting _xHistory _915745
650	1	4	_aExtinct languages
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