MetaFilterFeb 12, 2024

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chavenet posted the excellent article "Cracking the Code of Linear B" by Theodore Nash, chock full of details.

https://www.metafilter.com/202496/Carved-with-curious-but-distinctive-signs

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Carved with curious but distinctive signs

June 1, 1952, was Whitsunday, and provided the young Michael Ventris with a convenient break from his duties as an architect. At the end of the day he would write his 20th Work Note on Minoan...