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> we might know more if we ever get Linear B, but who knows if we ever will. 1952, Ventris: http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/cracking-the-code-the-decipherm
by acqq 10y ago
> we might know more if we ever get Linear B, but who knows if we ever will.
1952, Ventris:
http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/cracking-the-code-the-decipherment-of-linear-b-60-years-on http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/cracking-the-code-the-dec...
"Ventris was able to show, ever more clearly over the months that ensued, that the language behind the script was Greek – in his own words “a difficult and archaic Greek, but Greek nevertheless”."
- laretluval 10y agoI think duaneb meant Linear A.
- duaneb 10y agoYup; I always get them flipped.
- duaneb 10y agoYep, you are correct. I was thinking of Linear A.