Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-214)
Includes indexes
Codes and ciphers -- The decipherment of Egyptian -- Grotefend's decipherment of Old Persian -- Reclaiming the Sumero-Akkadian legacy -- Cuneiform and hieroglyphic Hittite -- Ugaritic : decipherment and impact -- The Aegean syllabary -- The Ebla archives -- A sampling of unlocked treasures