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Deciphering Ancient Scripts: Interview with Silvia Ferrara

Mar 12, 2022
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 2min
2
How Was Writing Invented in the World?
01:39 • 6min
3
The Greatest Invention
07:13 • 2min
4
What Is the Rongorongo Script on the Mamari Tablet?
09:32 • 5min
5
Is There a Difference Between Drawings and Signs?
14:20 • 4min
6
What Is a Rebus?
18:39 • 5min
7
Writing Systems
24:04 • 2min
8
The Imposition of Writing Systems
26:05 • 3min
9
Crecrete and the Undeciphered Scripts
29:16 • 4min
10
Critan Hieroglyphic
33:31 • 3min
11
The Decipherment of Linear B
36:01 • 3min
12
The Syllabic Pattern, the Pattern of the Verb
38:56 • 5min
13
Is There a Consonant Plus Vowel Pattern?
43:47 • 4min