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Minoan language

Epigraphy Specialist Furthers Minoan Linear A Decipherment

2021-01-30 by Phil Butler

From Knossos

A Cambridge specialist in Mycenaean epigraphy has brought us one step closer to deciphering the language of the mysterious Minoans.

Tags: Aegean studies, Atlantis, Cambridge, Dr. Brent Davis, Ester Salgarella, iconography, Linear A, Linear B, Minoan Civilization, Minoan culture, Minoan history, Minoan language, Minoan research, Minoans, Phaestos disc, SigLaA

Researchers Make Headway Untangling Crete’s Linear A Number System

2020-09-22 by Phil Butler

Linear A fragment

Scientists at the University of Bologna say they have finally begun to unravel part of the mysterious Linear A that has puzzled linguists and archaeologists for decades. In a statement released recently, the University’s professor of Aegean Philology, Dr. Silvia Ferrara says she and her colleagues conducted a new study of the 3,500-year-old Minoan system […]

Tags: Aegean archaeology, Aegean civilizations, ancient languages, Bronze Age, Crete archaeology, Linear A, Linear B, Minoan language, Minoan math, philology

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