This volume contains six unabridged titles from the "Reading the Past" series and together they provide an introduction to the systems of writing used in the Ancient World. Illustrated throughout with examples of the scripts and the objects on which they survive, this book covers cuneiform, Egyptian hieroglyphs, the early alphabet, linear B and related scripts, Greek inscriptions and Etruscan.
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This volume contains six unabridged titles from the "Reading the Past" series and together they provide an introduction to the systems of writing used in the Ancient World. Illustrated throughout with examples of the scripts and the objects on which they survive, this book covers cuneiform, Egyptian hieroglyphs, the early alphabet, linear B and related scripts, Greek inscriptions and Etruscan.
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Very Good. Language Study & Reference. 8vo. Reprint (1998. ) 8vo paperback with 384 pages. The book is in very good condition very slight shelf wear. Interior clean and tight, No markings. No online access or CD-ROM or digital access codes if applicable! "I was lost in time, reading about the people who figured out how to translate ancient scripts into modern language. Eminently readable, written for the novice, but full of incentive to learn more...This is the history of the western world, one letter-sound at a time." Pale yellow spine/Blue text.
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