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Lost Languages: The Enigma of the World's Great Undeciphered Scripts by Robinson

Lost Languages: The Enigma of the World's Great Undeciphered Scripts by Robinson

$ 8.97

Availability: 89 in stock
  • Condition: 2002 hardcover. VG+ hardcover in VG+ dust jacket. DJ is in a protective mylar cover.
  • Item Height: 1.1in.
  • Publication Year: 2002
  • Author: Andrew Robinson
  • Subject Area: writing
  • Language: English
  • Item Weight: 31.6 Oz
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Publication Name: Lost Languages: The Enigma of the World's Undecip
  • Source Language: English
  • Item Length: 9.4in.
  • Number of Pages: 352 Pages
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
  • Item Width: 7.5in.
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill

    Description

    Mc-Graw-Hill, 2002, hardcover.  First edition, first printing.  VG+ hardcover in VG+ dust jacket.  DJ is in a protective mylar cover.  "This book begins with an incisive description of decipherment techniques and tells the stories of the three great decipherments:  Egyptian hieroglyphics in the 19th century, the Mayan glyphs of Central America, and the Linear B clay tablets of the Minoan civilization of Crete in the 20th century.  Then it tackles the important scripts awaiting their decipherers."--from the dj.
    8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 352 pp.