[Machine Translation] Mysterious patterns whose pronunciation is unknown - Egyptian inscriptions, cuneiform, Hittite, Ugaritic, and Mycenaean texts. In this book, a leading authority on linguistics and Old Testament studies provides a plain and accurate description of the patient and exciting process of deducing, hypothesizing, and verifying the major ancient scripts until they were deciphered. This is an exciting book that allows the reader to experience an exchange with the past that transcends thousands of years, together with our ancestors!