The author of The decipherment of Minoan Linear A offers irrefutable evidence that the idiom written with Minoan Linear A can be nothing else than a Minoan branch of the Hurrian language that can be described as Minoan-Hurrian.

The author of The decipherment of Minoan Linear A offers irrefutable evidence that the idiom written with Minoan Linear A can be nothing else than a Minoan branch of the Hurrian language that can be described as Minoan-Hurrian.

The author of The decipherment of Minoan Linear A offers irrefutable evidence that the idiom written with Minoan Linear A can be nothing else than a Minoan branch of the Hurrian language that can be described as Minoan-Hurrian.

The language of the Minoan people has remained an enigma for more than a century since their ancient civilization was discovered. The script that records it, known as Linear A, has long been thought to use the same sounds and symbols as its successor-Linear B. After Linear B was deciphered in 1952 by Michael Ventris, and was found to represent an archaic form of Greek, the language of the earlier Linear A script continued to defy all those attempting to read it. A recent insight regarding synonym-parallels in ancient Minoan texts has now illuminated their meaning for the first time. This book guides the reader through the Linear A decipherment process and provides English translations for many of the most important Minoan artifacts. So enter the labyrinth as Europe's first great civilization is finally given voice after three and a half thousand years, and discover how its people have actually been speaking to us all along.

The story of Michael Ventris and his decipherment of the Mycenaean Linear B script.

Interdisciplinary examination of the transmission process of Linear A to Linear B script.

Ground-breaking analysis of the Linear B undeciphered signs shedding light on the writing system and the activities of its writers.