Jan Best
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Jan Gijsbert Pieter Best was a Dutch pre- and protohistorian, comparative linguist, archaeologist, and author. For about 30 years, he was Professor at the University of Amsterdam, where he taught anci
Clay label of king Muwa from Mallia (sector Mu). A = front, B = back. Image from Het Byblosschrift ontcijferd - In het voetspoor van Willem Glasbergen [nl]
Fred Woudhuizen
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Frederik Christiaan Woudhuizen was a Dutch independent scholar who studied ancient Indo-European languages, hieroglyphic Luvian/Luwian, and Mediterranean protohistory. He was the former editor of Tala
Jan Best
…Best is one of the initiators of Alverna Research Group which specialises in deciphering of so-far unknown scripts. Along with his frequent coauthor Fred Woudhuizen (1959–2021), Best contributed to the understanding of the Linear A script, as well as of the Cretan hieroglyphs. Best also offered a reading of the…
Fred C. Woudhuizen (2020)