The mystery of Linear B
Today I learned about the decipherment of Linear B.
Linear B, like the Rosetta Stone, was an ancient piece of text, this time originating from ancient Crete, and was deciphered using cryptoanalysis techniques. However, Linear B uses a syllabic script, so it was much harder to decipher than the Rosetta Stone. It was eventually deciphered, but when archaeologists used the encoding from Linear B to try and decipher another Minoan script, Linear A, the result was a garbled mess. The reason for this remains a mystery today.
