TABLE OF CONTENTS: 1.) Codes and ciphers -- 2.) The decipherment of Egyptian -- 3.) Grotefend's decipherment of Old Persian -- 4.) Reclaiming the Sumero-Akkadian legacy -- 5.) Cuneiform and hieroglyphic Hittite -- 6.) Ugaritic : decipherment and impact -- 7.) The Aegean syllabary -- 8.) The Elba archives -- 9.) A sampling of unlocked treasures.
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