Thelanguagesoftheancientworldandthemysteriousscripts,longundeciphered,inwhichtheywereencodedhaverepresentedoneofthemostintriguingproblemsofclassicalarchaeologyinmoderntimes.ThiscelebratedaccountofthedeciphermentofLinearBinthe1950sbyMichaelVentriswaswrittenbyhisclosecollaboratorinthemomentousdiscovery.InrevealingthesecretsofLinearBitoffersavaluablesurveyoflateMinoanandMycenaeanarchaeology,uncoveringfascinatingdetailsofthereligionandeconomichistoryofanancientcivilisation.
