How Scholars Finally Deciphered Linear B, the Oldest Preserved Form of Ancient Greek Writing | Box of delight | Scoop.it
From www.openculture.com - August 6, 2020 6:35 PM

In the early 1900s, British archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans unearthed almost 3,000 tablets on the island of Crete, inscribed with a language he had never seen before. The discovery began a decades-long race to read the language of Europe’s oldest civilization. And the final deciphering of the script, which Evans called Linear B, ended up overturning an accepted history of ancient Greek origins as we learn in the TED-Ed video above scripted by classics professor Susan Lupack..