Lost Languages by Dina Anastasio

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Book: Lost Languages
Author: Dina Anastasio
ISBN: 978-0-02-202689-9

Introduction
1. The people who lived in these lost cultures left clues.  T or F
2. What has been discovered in these lost cultures?
3. What is unlocking the mystery of these lost cultures?
4. All languages are ____________________.

Chapter 1: Locked Languages
5. What is the name of the glyphs found on Easter Island?
6. Have the Rongorongo glyphs been decipher?
7. What was the name of the person who noticed the Rongorongo glyphs in 1864?
8. The Rongorongo glyphs belong to the lost language called Rongorongo _________________.
9. What object(s) dot Easter Island?
10. In what time period were these statues carved?
11. How tall is the average statue on Easter Island?
12. How much does the average statue weigh on the island?
13. What is an ahus?
14. How many of the Rongorongo glyphs tablets remain?
15. What are  the two opinions that experts think the Rongorongo glyphs represent?

Indus Valley Seals
16. Who discovered the Indus River Valley ruins?
17. When did this explorer make the discovery?
18. In what country was Masson serving?
19. Charles Masson was serving in India as a soldier with the East India Company.  T or F

Chapter 2: Unlocked Languages
20. Rosetta Stone is a carved stone slab with two different languages and Egyptian hieroglyphics.  T or F
21. What is Coptic?
22. In what year was the Rosetta Stone decipher?
23. What was the name of the Frenchman that deciphered the Rosetta Stone?

Chapter 3: Missing Pieces
24. Where were the Dead Sea Scrolls found?
25. How many scrolls have been found since the original scrolls were discovered?
26. What were the scrolls made out of?
27. In how many caves were the scrolls found?

The Rohonczi Codex
28. What does Codex mean?
29. In what year did the Codex first appear?
30. How big is the Codex book?
31. How many pictures does the book have?
32. How big is the alphabet in the Codex book?

Chapter 4: Searching for Answers
33. Who discovered a 235-page manuscript, written in an unknown language and filled with illustrations of strange plants, in a college library?
34. Where was the Voynich Manuscript found?
35. When was the Voynich Manuscript found?
36. Who do experts believe is the author of the Voynich Manuscript?
37. What item did Roger Bacon experiment with?
38. What did Roger Bacon write about during his time?

Conclusion
39. When was the Rohonczi Codex written?
40. When was the Rosetta Stone discovered?
41. When did Jean Francois Champollion decipher the Rosetta Stone?
42. When did Charles Masson discover the Indus Valley Civilization?
43. When did Eugene Eyraud write about the Rongorongo scripts?
44. When were the Voynich Manuscript discover?