Clay tablet, dated to 1450-1375 BC, inscribed with Linear B script. The Linear B script of the Mycenaen civilization (c. 1600 to 1100 BC) represented an early form of Greek. It was descended from the ...
The tablet could predate the earliest known evidence of writing in the Caucasus region by over a thousand years, hinting at a potentially lost script. Reading time 3 minutes A few years ago, fishermen ...
UC archaeologist Carl W. Blegen won the first Gold Medal for Distinquished Archaeological Achievement awarded by the Archaeological Institute of America in 1965. This year, the prize is going to one ...