Ancient texts are deciphered by experts. And its very far from trivial! Strongly recommend this textbook https://www.amazon.com/Story-Decipherment-Egyptian-Hi

Ancient texts are deciphered by experts. And its very far from trivial! Strongly recommend this textbook https://www.amazon.com/Story-Decipherment-Egyptian-Hieroglyphs-Script/dp/050028105X https://www.amazon.com/Story-Decipherment-Egyptian-Hieroglyp... Its all about deciphering ancient languages. It doesn't quite get as far as the very recent breakthroughs e.g. Inca knots.