The riddle of the labyrinth, the quest to crack an ancient code, Margalit Fox
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Label
The riddle of the labyrinth, the quest to crack an ancient code, Margalit Fox
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [289]-296) and index
resource.biographical
collective biography
Illustrations
mapsillustrations
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
The riddle of the labyrinth
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
841944772
Responsibility statement
Margalit Fox
Sub title
the quest to crack an ancient code
Summary
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
Table Of Contents
Prologue : buried treasure -- The digger. The record-keepers -- The vanished key -- Love among the ruins -- The detective. American champollion -- A delightful problem -- Splitting the baby -- The matrix -- "Hurry up and decipher the thing!" -- The architect. The hollow boy -- A leap of faith -- "I know it, I know it" -- Solution, dissolution -- Epilogue : Mr. X and Mr. Y -- Appendix : the signs of Linear B