The Riddle of the Labyrinth
The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code
New York : Ecco Press, 2013.
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: xx, 363 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
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.
Contents:
Buried treasure -- The digger. The record-keepers ; The vanished key ; Love among the ruins -- The detective. American champollion ; A delightful problem ; Splitting the baby ; The matrix ; "Hurry up an deciper the thing!" -- The architect. The hollow boy ; A leap of faith ; "I know it, I know it" ; Solution, dissolution -- Mr. X and Mr. Y.
Subjects:
Kober, Alice, 1906-1950.
Evans, Arthur, Sir, 1851-1941.
Ventris, Michael.
Inscriptions, Linear B.
Civilization, Mycenaean.
Women linguists -- Biography.
Archaeologists -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Archaeologists -- Greece -- Biography.
Kober, Alice, 1906-1950.
Evans, Arthur, Sir, 1851-1941.
Ventris, Michael.
Inscriptions, Linear B.
Civilization, Mycenaean.
Women linguists -- Biography.
Archaeologists -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Archaeologists -- Greece -- Biography.
ISBN:
9780062228833
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LANGUAGE Fox | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
LANGUAGE Fox | Main (Downtown) | Display - Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.