Linear A: Used by the Minoan civilization on Crete between 1800–1450 BCE, Linear A remains undeciphered despite its relation to the later Linear B (used for Mycenaean Greek). It recorded administrative and religious texts on clay tablets, using around 70 syllabic signs and ideograms. Unlike Linear B, which was deciphered in the 1950s, Linear A’s language remains unknown—possibly a pre-Greek "Aegean" tongue. The lack of a bilingual inscription and limited corpus hinder progress. Its symbols, elegant and flowing, represent one of Europe’s oldest unsolved scripts, guarding secrets of Europe’s first advanced civilization.
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