Linear B
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Linear B is a syllabic script that was used for writing in Mycenaean Greek, the earliest attested form of the Greek language. The script predates the Greek alphabet by several centuries, the earliest
The Tripod tablet, discovered by Carl Blegen at the Palace of Nestor, Pylos, in 1952
Tablet KN Fp 13, discovered by Arthur Evans
Tablet MY Oe 106 (obverse) exhibited at the Greek National Archaeological Museum. Bottom: tracing of the inscription (obverse). Right: Tracing of the reverse side depicting a male figure.
Michael Ventris
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Michael George Francis Ventris was an English architect, classicist and philologist who deciphered Linear B, the ancient Mycenaean Greek script. A student of languages, Ventris had pursued deciphermen
Stowe School in August 2005
Halifax bomber in flight, 1942
Ventris's home, 1952–1956, which he and his wife, Lois, also an architect, designed