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Lost languages : the enigma of the world's undeciphered scripts

by Andrew Robinson

This study examines the world's major undeciphered writing systems, including Etruscan, Meroitic, and Zapotec scripts. It explores the history of the civilisations that created these codes and analyses the ongoing scientific efforts to decipher them.

Accession 1208 ISBN 9780071357432 Publisher McGraw-Hill
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