About the book: 1963 / The book tells how forgotten scripts and languages ​​were deciphered. In the main part of his book, E. Doblhofer outlines in detail the process of deciphering the ancient written systems of Egypt, Iran, Southern Mesopotamia, Asia Minor, Ugarit, Byblos, Cyprus, Cretan-Mycenaean linear writing and ancient Turkic runic writing. Thus, here we consider the decipherments of almost all written systems of antiquity, forgotten over the centuries..