The riddle of the labyrinth : the quest to crack an ancient code / Margalit Fox.
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TextPublisher: New York : Ecco Press, [2013]Edition: First editionDescription: xx, 363 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780062228833
- 0062228838
- 487/.1Â 23
| Item type | Current library | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book | Chanute Public Library Adult Non-Fiction | Chanute Public Library | Adult Books | 487.1 FOX (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 34316002300226 |
Colored illustrations on lining papers.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-346) and index.
Buried treasure -- The digger. The record-keepers ; The vanished key ; Love among the ruins -- The detective. American champollion ; A delightful problem ; Splitting the baby ; The matrix ; "Hurry up and deciper the thing!" -- The architect. The hollow boy ; A leap of faith ; "I know it, I know it" ; Solution, dissolution -- Mr. X and Mr. Y.
An intellectual detective story follows the quest to unlock one of the great secrets of human history--the decipherment of Linear B, an unknown script from the Aegean Bronze Age.
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