A VERY ENGLISH GENIUS: HOW MICHAEL VENTRIS CRACKED LINEAR B

Copy of the BBC documentary about Michael Ventris. Not very good video quality I am afraid but perfectly watchable.

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On 1 July 1952, a 30-year-old architect called Michael Ventris made a BBC radio broadcast which was to secure his place in archaeological and history books forever. He announced that he'd deciphered Linear B, Europe's earliest known, and previously incomprehensible, writing system. His discovery was to revolutionise our understanding of Western civilisation. "


http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/documentaries/features/linear-b.shtml