Fox, Margalit.
The riddle of the labyrinth : the quest to crack an ancient code / Margalit Fox. - 1st ed. - New York : Ecco Press, [2013] - xx, 363 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-346) and index.
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 deciper the thing!" -- The architect. The hollow boy ; A leap of faith ; "I know it, I know it" ; Solution, dissolution -- Mr. X and Mr. Y.
Booklist starred, April 2013 Publisher's Weekly, March 2013 Booklist starred Publisher's Weekly
"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"--Provided by OCLC.
Adult Follett Library Resources Adult
9780062228833 (trade) 0062228838 (trade)
Kober, Alice, 1906-1950.
Evans, Arthur, Sir, 1851-1941.
Ventris, Michael.
Kober, Alice, 1906-1950.
Evans, Arthur, Sir, 1851-1941.
Ventris, Michael.
Inscriptions, Linear B.
Civilization, Mycenaean.
Women linguists--Biography.
Archaeologists--Great Britain--Biography.
Archaeologists--Greece--Biography.
Inscriptions, Linear B.
Women linguists--Biography.
Archeologists--Great Britain--Biography.
Archeologists--Greece--Biography.
Mycenes (Extinct city)--Civilization.
P1038 / .F69 2013
487/.1
The riddle of the labyrinth : the quest to crack an ancient code / Margalit Fox. - 1st ed. - New York : Ecco Press, [2013] - xx, 363 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-346) and index.
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 deciper the thing!" -- The architect. The hollow boy ; A leap of faith ; "I know it, I know it" ; Solution, dissolution -- Mr. X and Mr. Y.
Booklist starred, April 2013 Publisher's Weekly, March 2013 Booklist starred Publisher's Weekly
"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"--Provided by OCLC.
Adult Follett Library Resources Adult
9780062228833 (trade) 0062228838 (trade)
Kober, Alice, 1906-1950.
Evans, Arthur, Sir, 1851-1941.
Ventris, Michael.
Kober, Alice, 1906-1950.
Evans, Arthur, Sir, 1851-1941.
Ventris, Michael.
Inscriptions, Linear B.
Civilization, Mycenaean.
Women linguists--Biography.
Archaeologists--Great Britain--Biography.
Archaeologists--Greece--Biography.
Inscriptions, Linear B.
Women linguists--Biography.
Archeologists--Great Britain--Biography.
Archeologists--Greece--Biography.
Mycenes (Extinct city)--Civilization.
P1038 / .F69 2013
487/.1