Lost Languages

Andrew Robinson

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The Enigma of the World's Undeciphered Scripts

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Verlag:: Thames & Hudson Ltd, 02/2009
Einband:: Kartoniert / Broschiert, ,
Sprache:: Englisch
ISBN-13:: 9780500288160
Artikelnummer:: 5546202
Umfang:: 352 Seiten
Gewicht:: 1114 g
Maße:: 241 x 191 mm
Stärke:: 34 mm
Erscheinungstermin:: 16.2.2009
Hinweis: Achtung: Artikel ist nicht in deutscher Sprache!

Klappentext

Beginning with the stories of three great decipherments - Egyptian hieroglyphs, Minoan Linear B and Mayan glyphs - Lost Languages moves on to dissect the most well-known and enigmatic undeciphered scripts from around the world.

These include the Etruscan alphabet of Italy, the Indus Valley seal script, Rongorongo from remote Easter Island, the Zapotec script of Mexico (probably the first writing system in the Americas), and the unique Phaistos disc of Crete. Lost Languages reports from the front lines of scholarship where obsessions, genius, occasional delusion and sometimes bitter rivalry are de rigueur among those currently competing for the rare honour of cracking these ancient codes - and giving voice to forgotten worlds.

Biografie

Andrew Robinson is a Visiting Fellow of Wolfson College, Cambridge and holds degrees from Oxford University and the School of Oriental Studies, London. He is now a full-time writer who has worked in book publishing, television and journalism, most recently as Literary Editor of "The Times Higher Education Supplement" from 1994-2006.