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© 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...