Hieroglyph
The person who developed the alphabet
The decipherment of a character
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The decipherment of a character
The decipherment of a character
Scholars around the world tried the decipherment ancient alphabet as a key
reading history. The history of alphabet is the history of the decipherment
of alphabet.
Ancient script |
year |
Decoder |
Hints |
| hieroglyph |
1822 |
Champollion（France） |
Rosetta Stone |
| Cuneiform |
1802 |
Grotefend（Germany） |
Persepolis epigraph |
1847 |
Rawlinson（England） |
The Behistun Inscription |
| Linear B |
1952 |
Ventris,Chadwick（England） |
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| Oracle bone script |
1903 |
Liu E,Luo Zhenyu,Wang Guowei（China）、Shizuka Shirakawa（Japan） |
Yinxu |
| Hittites Cuneiform |
1915 |
Bedrich（Czech） |
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| Brahmi script |
1840? |
Prinsep（England） |
Ashoka epigraph |
| Ugaritic alphabet |
1930 |
Bauer（Germany） |
Ras Shamra |
| Old Turkic alphabet |
1893 |
Thomsen（Danmark） |
Orkhon epigraph |
▲a list of the people decipher ancient alphabets.
(quote from
[the latest diagram of world history tapestry the eighth] by Minoru Kawakita
and Shiro Momoki)
The decipherment of Hieroglyph
The decipherment of Hieroglyph was greatly influenced by the history of
alphabet and world history.
→Please refer to “Hieroglyph”
Non-deciphered alphabet
From the decipherment of alphabets to present, several hundred alphabets
were born. Some of the alphabets was researched, but did not still be deciphered.
- Cretan hieroglyph
- Linear A
- Indus script
- Vinca script
- Phaestos disc script
- Rongorongo
Other to the top, there are many non-deciphered alphabets, all of them is
trying to decipher the decipherment of alphabets is expected by introduction
of computers especially in recent years. Then, we thought what to understood
if these alphabets will decipher. At first, it understands the language of
the alphabet. By it, how to leave on record in the area understand concretely.
Next, it understands the system of alphabet. This reinforces the systematic
history of alphabet reinforced better.
▲Linear A is non-deciphered alphabet. If it
is deciphered, the research of history of alphabet is preceded.
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