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Originally Posted by issybird
This is one I picked up a while ago and haven't got to yet:
The Riddle of the Labyrinth: The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code
It might not be exactly what you want, as while it features the excavation of Crete by a noted archaeologist, Arthur Evans, much of it is devoted to interpreting the language on tablets discovered there, with enormous importance to the study of the ancient Greeks. However, it is available as an ebook.
I was interested to learn in another recent read that the scholar who cracked the language used a lot of techniques developed in code-breaking during World War II. |
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Originally Posted by HarryT
I was about to say "This looks very interesting - I'll buy it", but when I went to Amazon UK it tells me that I actually did buy it in 2014, probably as the result of another recommendation. Now moved up my reading list!
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Originally Posted by pwalker8
So far, I've read Gods, Graves & Scholars, by Ceram, Egypt: How a Lost Civilization Was Rediscovered, The Riddle of the Labyrinth by Fox. All very interesting books and worth reading. Gods, Graves & Scholars was a bit dated, having been last revised in the early 60's, but I did enjoy the writing style. Always interesting getting the German view of things.
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Just a heads up that
The Riddle of the Labyrinth will be the June selection for the New Leaf Book Club and all are most welcome to join the discussion, which will start June 15.