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Yuri Knorozov

Yuri Knorozov
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Yuri Valentinovich Knorozov (Russian: Юрий Валентинович Кнорозов; 19 November 1922 – 30 March 1999) was a Soviet and Russian linguist, epigraphist, and ethnologist. He is best known for the key role he played in the decipherment of the Maya script, the writing system of the Maya civilization of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica.

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People Who Helped Decipher Ancient Writing Systems
People Who Helped Decipher Ancient Writing Systems
by curious_compiler  • 
A royal name, a repeated ending, and a set of dates can each give a reader a way into an unfamiliar script. These are some of the people who made those clues count. Start with Egyptian hieroglyphs...
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