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Riddle of the Labyrinth

- The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code and the Uncovering of a Lost Civilisation
Af: Margalit Fox Engelsk Paperback

Riddle of the Labyrinth

- The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code and the Uncovering of a Lost Civilisation
Af: Margalit Fox Engelsk Paperback
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The decoding of Linear B is one of the world''s greatest stories: from the discovery of a cache of ancient tablets recording a lost prehistoric language to the dramatic solution of the riddle nearly seventy years later, it exerts a mesmerising pull on the imagination. But this captivating story is missing a crucial piece. Two men have dominated Linear B in popular history: Arthur Evans, the intrepid Victorian archaeologist who unearthed Linear B at Knossos and Michael Ventris, the dashing young amateur who produced a solution. But there was a third figure: Alice Kober, without whose painstaking work, recorded on pieces of paper clipped from hymn-sheets and magazines and stored in cigarette boxes in her Brooklyn loft, Linear B might still remain a mystery. Drawing on Kober''s own papers - only made available recently - Margalit Fox provides the final piece of the enigma, and along the way reveals how you decipher a language when you know neither its grammar nor its alphabet as well as the stories behind other ancient languages, like the dancing-man Rongorongo of Easter Island.
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The decoding of Linear B is one of the world''s greatest stories: from the discovery of a cache of ancient tablets recording a lost prehistoric language to the dramatic solution of the riddle nearly seventy years later, it exerts a mesmerising pull on the imagination. But this captivating story is missing a crucial piece. Two men have dominated Linear B in popular history: Arthur Evans, the intrepid Victorian archaeologist who unearthed Linear B at Knossos and Michael Ventris, the dashing young amateur who produced a solution. But there was a third figure: Alice Kober, without whose painstaking work, recorded on pieces of paper clipped from hymn-sheets and magazines and stored in cigarette boxes in her Brooklyn loft, Linear B might still remain a mystery. Drawing on Kober''s own papers - only made available recently - Margalit Fox provides the final piece of the enigma, and along the way reveals how you decipher a language when you know neither its grammar nor its alphabet as well as the stories behind other ancient languages, like the dancing-man Rongorongo of Easter Island.
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 352
ISBN-13: 9781781251331
Indbinding: Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 1781251339
Udg. Dato: 24 jul 2014
Længde: 25mm
Bredde: 197mm
Højde: 137mm
Forlag: Profile Books Ltd
Oplagsdato: 24 jul 2014
Forfatter(e): Margalit Fox
Forfatter(e) Margalit Fox


Kategori Skriftsystemer, alfabeter


ISBN-13 9781781251331


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 352


Udgave


Længde 25mm


Bredde 197mm


Højde 137mm


Udg. Dato 24 jul 2014


Oplagsdato 24 jul 2014


Forlag Profile Books Ltd

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