Dr Brent Davis

Lecturer in Archaeology, School of Historical and Philosophical Studies, Faculty of Arts, University of Melbourne

Arts & Culture

How do you crack the code to a lost ancient script?

The decipherment of Linear B, the earliest form of Greek, was a history changing achievement, but decoding the older Linear A would open a new window on the origins of European culture

Arts & Culture

Lucky discoveries of lost ancient history

Our knowledge of the ancient world owes a lot to chance discoveries. Here, we share the stories of some of the most important and unlikely finds from ancient Western history

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