The greatest invention : a history of the world in nine mysterious scripts /
Ferrara, Silvia,
The greatest invention : a history of the world in nine mysterious scripts / Silvia Ferrara ; translated from the Italian by Todd Portnowitz. - First American edition. - viii, 289 pages ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
Behind the scenes. Stories ; Nature -- Undeciphered scripts. Islands ; Crete ; Cyprus ; Easter Island -- Invented scripts. Cities ; Before the pharaohs ; Between two rivers ; Chinese turtles ; Across the ocean ; End of story -- Experiments. Tradition ; Solitary inventors ; Isolated branches ; Social inventors -- Discoveries. Where to begin ; How to decipher -- The great vision. First ; Afterward ; Tomorrow ; Postscriptum.
"Silvia Ferrara leads a code cracking mission to decipher the hidden truths and histories of our greatest invention-the art of writing"--
0374601623 9780374601621
2021044938
Extinct languages.
Inscriptions--History.
Writing--History.
P211 / .F42713 2022
The greatest invention : a history of the world in nine mysterious scripts / Silvia Ferrara ; translated from the Italian by Todd Portnowitz. - First American edition. - viii, 289 pages ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
Behind the scenes. Stories ; Nature -- Undeciphered scripts. Islands ; Crete ; Cyprus ; Easter Island -- Invented scripts. Cities ; Before the pharaohs ; Between two rivers ; Chinese turtles ; Across the ocean ; End of story -- Experiments. Tradition ; Solitary inventors ; Isolated branches ; Social inventors -- Discoveries. Where to begin ; How to decipher -- The great vision. First ; Afterward ; Tomorrow ; Postscriptum.
"Silvia Ferrara leads a code cracking mission to decipher the hidden truths and histories of our greatest invention-the art of writing"--
0374601623 9780374601621
2021044938
Extinct languages.
Inscriptions--History.
Writing--History.
P211 / .F42713 2022