As a child I would often wonder when I saw an illustration of a stone tablet, and ask myself: What did the inscription mean? How did these people sound when they talked? What would that piece of clay say if it could speak!The enigma of the Phaistos Disc is revisited here in the light of new findings. From the various interpretations of the origin of the symbols depicted on the disc.Kober, Ventris, Chadwick and Bennett, the cryptologists are remembered for paving the way for us to understand the language and culture of early societies.Archaeological excavations, archaic languages and Myths are explored, together with theories of archaic Cretan relations as far away as the Black Sea. If this book enthuses just one person to forge ahead to uncover new information to allow "e;The Stones to Speak,"e; then I will be satisfied.
- ISBN:
- 9781443821766
- 9781443821766
- Category:
- Palaeography (history of writing)
- Format:
- Electronic book text
- Publication Date:
- 16-04-2010
- Pages:
- 420
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