The
Etruscans
Begin To Speak
by

Zacharie Mayani

FIRST EDITION
FIRST PRINTING

ILLUSTRATED

1961

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1961. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good+ Condition in good jacket with Mylar sleeve. Translated from the French. An ancient civilization comes to life after two thousand years as the lost key to its language is found. With two photo sections and numerous in-text drawings. Most think Italian peninsula was first occupied by Rome. Not so. A rich civilization thrived there long before. Long overshadowed by their Roman successors, the Etruscans and their lives have only recently began to be understood as their history is uncovered. Dr. Mayani, of the University of Paris, "has given thirty years of his life to etymological research, the last five of which were devoted entirely to the Etruscan." According to Mayani, Etruscan has features linking it with the inscriptions on the island of Lemnos in the Aegean, and with Lydia, and, more controversially, with Lycia, Phoenicia, and Ancient Egypt. In many instances the words involved have a religious significance. No inscription or markings. Bright clean pages. Dust jacket has very minor wear, book is in excellent condition. 6½" x 9½" tall, index and bibliography, 474 pages.