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Machine generated contents note: Foreword ix

I. An introduction to writing 3

II. The riddle of the Sphinx: the decipherment of

Egyptian writing 38

III. Ahura Mazda came to my aid: the dedcipherment

of Old Persian cuneiform 85

IV. In cuneiform on six bricks: the decipherment of

Mesopotanmian cuneiform 123

V. Wedge and symbol of the land of Hatti: the inter-

pretation of Hittite cuneimiform and the decipher-

meat of Hittite hieroglyphs - 149

VI. "Cape Fennel" at "White Harbour" and (Gubla

the "city of paper': the decipherment of Ugaritic

and Gublitic 203

VII. Of gods and princes of commerce: the decipher

ment of the Cypriote syllabary 227.

VIII. War chariots and beakers: the decipherment of

Creto-Mycenaen Linear B. 238

IX Prince Kul-Tigin, Bilge-Kagan and the wise Ton-

jukok the decipherment of the Old Turkish runic

script - 271

X. Decipherment of tommorow Etruscan, the scripts

of the Indus Valley and of Easter Island

Notes294

Bibliography , , 3x8

Index 323.