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The Book of Lost Languages by Daniel Harbour
Bloomsbury Publishing · New release

The Book of Lost Languages

An Epic Quest to Decipher the Past

Daniel Harbour

Bloomsbury Publishing · World History
Releases January 19, 2027 · ISBN 9781635579253

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About the book

Daniel Harbour explains how about a dozen ancient writing systems were deciphered, from Egyptian hieroglyphs and the Rosetta Stone to Chinese oracle bones and Maya glyphs.

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