‪How Do We Decipher Forgotten Languages?‬

Be one of the first 1,000 people to get a free trial of Skillshare Premium here! https://skl.sh/khanubis03211 Writing is awesome, but it's only really useful while we still know how to read a particular writing system, so when we forget how to read a script, how do we re-learn with no one to teach us? MUSIC: “Black Sea Fog” by Sight of Wonders* “In the Trenches” by Jon Sumner* “Unchartered” by Taomito* “The Search for Self” by Jon Björk* “In the Horizon” by Taomito* “When I Do This” by Esme Cruz* "An Ordinary Day" by Deskant* "Golden Sea" by Jon Sumner* "Working It" by Jingle Punks "Swinging with the Sultan" by Doug Maxwell (*via EpidemicSound) 👕 MERCH! https://crowdmade.com/collections/khanubis 📖 SOURCES: Persepolis: Discovery and Afterlife of a World Wonder, by Ali Mousavi - https://books.google.com/books?id=KorZMqmTOJgC https://omniglot.com/writing/cuneiform.htm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuneiform#Decipherment CONTACT: contact@khanubis.tv SPONSORSHIP INQUIRIES: khanubis@thoughtleaders.io 👥 JOIN THE DISCORD SERVER! https://discord.gg/4FZZJkXCGY THANK YOU, BRONZE AGE+ PATRONS! Adri Cortesia, Anonymous Freak, Nif Lindsay, Rebanics, Larry Burch, Tobi Burch-Rates, Up and Atom https://www.patreon.com/khanubis Or make one-time payments at paypal.me/khanubis http://www.khanubis.tv