00923cam a2200217 4500 62117078 TxAuBib 20010725120000.0 010725s1969||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 69011333 DLC DLC DLC TxAuBib 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. 20010725. Inscriptions History Juvenile literature. Inscriptions.