ANCIENT Hieroglyphs EGYPT Hittite PERSIAN Crete CYPRUS Turkey ARCHAEOLOGY Script

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ANCIENT Hieroglyphs EGYPT Hittite PERSIAN Crete CYPRUS Turkey ARCHAEOLOGY Script:
$18.77

GOOD to VERY GOOD CONDITION

This sale is for a vintagehardback FIRST EDITION entitled “Voicesin Stone,” subtitled “TheDecipherment of Ancient Scripts and Writings,” by Ernst Doblhofer, translated into English by Mervyn Savil, with 21vintage photographic illustrations and 94 figures in the text.

It was published by SouvenirPress, of London,and is the 1961 FIRST BRITISH EDITION.

The contents include:

·An Introductionto Writing

·The Riddle of theSphinx: the Decipherment of Egyptian Writing

·Ahura Mazda Cameto My Aid: the Decipherment of Old Persian Cuneiform

·In Cuneiform onSix Bricks: the Decipherment of Mesopotamian Cuneiform

·Wedge and Symbolof the Land of Hatti: the Interpretation of HittiteCuneiform and the Decipherment of Hittite Hieroglyphs

·Of Gods andPrinces of Commerce: the Decipherment of the Cypriote Syllabary

·War Chariots andBeakers: the Decipherment of Creto-Mycenaean Linear B

·Prince Kul-Tigin,Bilge-Kagan and the Wise Tonjukuk: the Decipherment of the Old Turkish RunicScript

·Decipherments ofTomorrow: Etruscan, the Scripts of the IndusValley and of Easter Island

…and more…

The book measures 8.75 inchesx 5.8 inches x 1.25 inches and has 327 pages + photographic illustrations.

The book is in good neatcondition for its age, with minor wear/chips to the edge of the originaldust-jacket (not price-clipped), and a little light foxing near thecovers/rims. There are NO inscriptions/book-plates and NO other ink or pencilmarkings in the book. The binding isvery good with no loose or missing pages.

A wonderfully illustratedvintage FIRST EDITION.

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