Linear B is Europe's oldest readable writing, dating from the middle of the second millennium BC. This book tells not only the story of Linear B, but also that of the modest genius who broke

Investigates famous examples of unsolved scripts and codes, in an account that recalls the stories of three forefront decipherments including the Egyptian hieroglyphs, the Maya glyphs, and t

An intellectual detective story follows the quest to unlock one of the great secrets of human history--the decipherment of Linear B, an unknown script from the Aegean Bronze Age.

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