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The Story of Decipherment: From Egyptian Hieroglyphs to Maya Script (Updated Edition) by Maurice Pope Paperback, 224 Pages, Published 1999 ISBN-10: 0-500-28105-X / 050028105X ISBN-13: 978-0-500-28105-5 / 9780500281055 Speculation about Egyptian hieroglyphs began in the Renaissance; though sometimes fantastic, much of it was fascinating and fruitful. During the next two centuries European travelers in the Near East came home with increasingly accurate copies of the strange inscriptions to be found there. The great |