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A scholar discusses the fascinating world of ancient Aegean seals and sealings and what they mean for enlightening our understanding of Bronze Age Aegean civilization.

Mobility and change between ancient western Anatolia and the eastern Aegean was a complex and impactful process, says this scholar.

In this second episode of the podcast series, a scholar of Aegean studies sheds more light on the knowns and unknowns of the ancient Aegeans through this interview with a scholar of Linear B, the ancient script of the Mycenaeans.

A scholar of Aegean studies sheds more light on the knowns and unknowns of the ancient Aegeans through a new podcast series.

© Pat Scrap/Pixabay Palace of Knossos, Crete.The Minoan language known as "Linear A" may finally be deciphered with the help of the internet, which can be used to uncover previously-hidden links to the much-better understood Linear B language, which developed later in the prehistoric period. The puzzle of Linear A has tormented linguists for many decades, as they attempted to link it somehow to Linear B, which was translated successfully for the first time in the 1950s. Linear B was used on th...

Minoan Language Linear A Linked to Linear B in Groundbreaking New Research Palace of Knossos, Crete. Credit: Pat Scrap/Pixabay The Minoan language known as “Linear A” may finally be deciphered with the help of the internet, which can be used to uncover previously-hidden links to the much-better understood Linear B language, which developed later in the prehistoric period. The puzzle of Linear A has tormented linguists for many decades, as they attempted to link it somehow to Linear B, which...

Minoan Language Linear A Linked to Linear B in Groundbreaking New Research Palace of Knossos, Crete. Credit: Pat Scrap/Pixabay The Minoan language known as “Linear A” may finally be deciphered with the help of the internet, which can be used to uncover previously-hidden links to the much-better understood Linear B language, which developed later in the prehistoric period. The puzzle of Linear A has tormented linguists for many decades, as they attempted to link it somehow to Linear B, which...