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Cuneiform
The centuries of struggle to decode the world's oldest script
Knossos and Linear B
The deciphering of a Minoan script called Linear B
Maya Script
How the Maya script was deciphered by a Soviet linguist who'd never set foot in Mexico
The Indus and Rongorongo Scripts
Two code breakers, Professor Asko Parpola and Dr Steven Fischer, discuss their work
Egyptian Hieroglyphs
How the Rosetta Stone became the key to deciphering ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs
