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Story of Decipherment : From Egyptian Hieroglyphs to Maya Script by Maurice Pope (1999, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherThames & Hudson

ISBN-10050028105X

ISBN-139780500281055

eBay Product ID (ePID)27038289503

Product Key Features

Number of Pages232 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameStory of Decipherment : from Egyptian Hieroglyphs to Maya Script

SubjectArchaeology, Alphabets & Writing Systems, Linguistics / Historical & Comparative

Publication Year1999

FeaturesRevised

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaSocial Science, Language Arts & Disciplines

AuthorMaurice Pope

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight22.9 Oz

Item Length9.6 in

Item Width6.3 in

Additional Product Features

Edition Number2

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN98-061441

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Edition21

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal411/.7

Edition DescriptionRevised edition

SynopsisThe desire to solve mysteries is as old as humanity and the spell of an unknown writing has always been particularly potent. This is a discussion of the contributions to the science of decipherment made by theorists such as Leibnitz and by brilliant practitioners of it from Champollion to Ventris. Maurice Pope examines the intellectual developments that lead to their outstanding achievements, and describes the process of decipherment, providing quotations from their original publications and many examples of their drawings, tables and diagrams. Among the scripts the author analyses are the Palmyra script, Sassanid Persian, Egyptian hieroglyphic, Persian cuniform, Akkadian cuneiform, the Cypriot syllabary, Hittitte hieroglyphic, the Ugaritic alphabet and Mycenaean Linear B.

LC Classification NumberP901.P6 1999