The riddle of the labyrinth : the quest to crack an ancient code / Inscriptions, Linear B. Civilization, Mycenaean. Women linguists Archaeologists Inscriptions, Linear B

Fox, Margalit,

The riddle of the labyrinth : the quest to crack an ancient code / Margalit Fox. - First Ecco paperback edition. - xx, 363 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

An intellectual detective story follows the quest to unlock one of the great secrets of human history--the decipherment of Linear B, an unknown script from the Aegean Bronze Age.

9780062228864


Kober, Alice, 1906-1950.
Evans, Arthur Sir, 1851-1941.
Ventris, Michael.
Kober, Alice.


Inscriptions, Linear B.
Civilization, Mycenaean.
Women linguists--Biography.
Archaeologists--Great Britain--Biography.
Archaeologists--Greece--Biography.
Inscriptions, Linear B--Greece--Knossos (Extinct city)


Crete (Greece)--Antiquities.

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