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How an American Linguist Helped Unlock the Secrets of Linear B

May 13, 2013
Arts, Culture & Media

In 1952, a mysterious Bronze Age script was deciphered by an Englishman, Michael Ventris. But his work rested in part on a Herculean analysis undertaken by an American linguist, Alice Kober. The World's Alex Gallafent reports.

How an American Linguist Helped Unlock the Secrets of Linear B

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