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At the beginning of the 20th century, archaeologist Arthur Evans began excavating Knossos, an ancient city on the island of Crete.

In doing so he uncovered a great many clay tablets inscribed with an unknown script.

Some were older and were named Linear A.

The bulk were of more recent vintage, and were dubbed Linear B. Evans spent the next several decades trying to decipher both, to no avail.