Canto: The Decipherment of Linear B by John Chadwick (1990, Paperback)

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This celebrated account of the decipherment of Linear B in the 1950s by Michael Ventris was written by his close collaborator in the momentous discovery.

• ISBN bar code 9780521398305 ξ3 registered July 22 2018
  
• ISBN bar code 9780521398305 ξ1 registered September 21 2015
  
• ISBN bar code 9780521398305 ξ2 registered August 24 2012
  
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The languages of the ancient world and the mysterious scripts, long undeciphered, in which they were encoded have represented one of the most intriguing problems of classical archaeology in modern times. This celebrated account of the decipherment of Linear B in the 1950s by Michael Ventris was written by his close collaborator in the momentous discovery. In revealing the secrets of Linear B it offers a valuable survey of late Minoan and Myceanean archaeology, uncovering fascinating details of the religion and economic history of an ancient civilisation.

^ John Chadwick (1967). The Decipherment of Linear B ISBN 9780521398305 (revised Oct 2015)
^ Chadwick, John (2012). 9780521398305, Second edition (1990). Cambridge UP. Wiki. ISBN 9780521398305 (revised Jan 2014)
^ Canto: The Decipherment of Linear B by John Chadwick (1990, Paperback) ISBN 9780521398305 (revised Sep 2018)