The Mystery of Linear A.
Linear B was the writing system used in the late Bronze Age (2000- 1100BC) in Mycenaean Greece (during Agamemnon’s time) and has been successfully deciphered. It is a syllabic script as opposed to an alphabetic one, but it is still recorded in the Greek language, resembling a form of Archaic Greek. However, this form of writing disappeared in the fall of the Mycenaean civilisation.
The mystery remains with Linear A tablets, though. It appears that Linear B may have evolved from Linear A, as they share similar symbols, but Linear A does not represent the Greek language and to this day the tablets still remain undeciphered. Linear A was used in Crete between 1800-1450BC during the Minoan civilisation, used alongside Cretan hieroglyphics, which is also yet to be successfully deciphered.
A world in which we can’t decode the oldest writing of our ancestors.
from Stowe Boyd http://stoweboyd.com/post/136385479632
