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This volume contains six unabridged titles from the "Reading the Past" series and together they provide an introduction to the systems of writing used in the Ancient World. Illustrated throughout with examples of the scripts and the objects on which they survive, this book covers cuneiform, Egyptian hieroglyphs, the early alphabet, linear B and related scripts, Greek inscriptions and Etruscan.

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  • PublisherBritish Museum Press
  • Publication date1990
  • ISBN 10 0714180726
  • ISBN 13 9780714180724
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  • LanguageEnglish
  • Number of pages384
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