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Frimmer, Steven.
The stone that spoke :
and other clues to the decipherment of lost languages.
New York :
Putnam,
[1969]
192 p. :
illus., maps ;
21 cm.
Bibliography: p. 184-185.
Describes the discoveries of and efforts to decipher long forgotten languages and relates how the interpretation of Egyptian hieroglyphics, Assyrian cuneiform, and the Linear "B" of the Minoans opened important doors to these ancient civilizations.
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Juvenile literature.
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