> "One of the main purposes of our paper is to introduce Markov models, and statistical models in general, as computational tools for investigating ancient scri

> "One of the main purposes of our paper is to introduce Markov models, and statistical models in general, as computational tools for investigating ancient scripts," Adhikari said. This is bogus. (Hidden) Markov Models and other generative probabilistic models have been used in all kinds of decipherment for years - see the latter half of http://www.isi.edu/natural-language/people/naacl09-print-1x2.pdf http://www.isi.edu/natural-language/people/naacl09-print-1x2... for an overview.