Reading the past John Chadwick. Linear B and related scripts. ISBN 0-7141-8068-8. B.F. Cook. Greek inscriptions. ISBN 0-7141-8064-5. W.V. Davies. Egyptian hieroglyphs. ISBN 0-7141-8063-7. O.A.W. Dilke. Mathematics and measurement. ISBN 0-7141-8067-X.

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Reading the past John Chadwick. Linear B and related scripts. ISBN 0-7141-8068-8. B.F. Cook. Greek inscriptions. ISBN 0-7141-8064-5. W.V. Davies. Egyptian hieroglyphs. ISBN 0-7141-8063-7. O.A.W. Dilke. Mathematics and measurement. ISBN 0-7141-8067-X. (1988)

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Published June 1988

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reviewed Reading the past John Chadwick. Linear B and related scripts. ISBN 0-7141-8068-8. B.F. Cook. Greek inscriptions. ISBN 0-7141-8064-5. W.V. Davies. Egyptian hieroglyphs. ISBN 0-7141-8063-7. O.A.W. Dilke. Mathematics and measurement. ISBN 0-7141-8067-X.

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The concept is eerie and original. But I wish I had known that it involved a character created by Neil Gaiman, so I could have chosen not to read it. The reader is not notified until the acknowledgements at the end.

The editing and translation are both a little choppy in places.

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