Download or read book The Story of Decipherment written by Maurice Pope and published by Thames & Hudson. This book was released on 1999 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Details the contributions to the science of decipherment made by theorists and practioners, exploring the intellectual developments that led to their extraordinary achievements, and presents the analysis of such scripts as the Palmyra script, Sassanid Persian, Egyptian hieroglyphs, and many others. Original.