How was Linear B deciphered?
Michael Ventris cracked Linear B in 1952, building on Alice Kober's and Emmett Bennett's analyses. He found the tablets were written in an early form of Greek.
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Decipherment and lost texts
What is the Voynich manuscript, and why can't anyone read it?
The Voynich manuscript is a roughly 240-page illustrated codex in an undeciphered script, made in 15th-century Europe and held at Yale. Its meaning and purpose remain unknown.
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