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The Undeciphered Signs of Linear B
(2017-01-28)More than sixty years after Michael Ventris’ decipherment of the Linear B script, 14 of its 87 syllabic signs still have no sound-values assigned to them. This group of ‘undeciphered’ signs represent a significant gap in ... -
A Lost Mycenaean Fresco Fragment Re-examined
This article examines an important wall painting fragment purportedly found in the megaron of the Late Bronze Age palace at Mycenae in 1893. Originally published in Russian in 1897, the fragment depicts a right-facing ... -
From Linear B to Linear A: The problem of the backward projection of sound values
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The Power of Images: Re-examining the Wall Paintings from the Throne Room at Knossos
The aim of this paper is to re-examine the painted fragments discovered by Arthur Evans and his team in the Throne Room at Knossos in 1900. We have tried to integrate systematically the extant archival data stored in the ...
