Voices in Stone: The Decipherment of Ancient Scripts and Writings
- ISBN-10
- 067074753X
- ISBN-13
- 9780670747535
- Pages
- 327
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1961
- Publisher
- Viking Press
- Author
- Ernst Doblhofer
Description
Shows the procedure followed in the decipherment of several important scripts and the interpretation of languages, presented in an intelligible manner. Also tells the stories of the men who deciphered them.
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Other editions
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- 1996
- 221 pages
- Paperback
- Arctic Institute of North America of the University of Calgary
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- 1973
- 327 pages
- Paperback
- A. M. Kelley
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