Why was Linear B only deciphered 70 years after the Cypriote Syllabary?

1. When did Linear B disappear?
2. How long did it take to decipher Linear B?
3. How was Linear B deciphered?
4. Why hasn t Linear A been deciphered?

When did Linear B disappear?

Linear B, found mainly in the palace archives at Knossos, Kydonia, Pylos, Thebes and Mycenae, disappeared with the fall of Mycenaean civilization during the Late Bronze Age collapse.

How long did it take to decipher Linear B?

A solution took more than half a century to arrive. In 1952, a young British architect, Michael Ventris, did discover the meaning of Linear B. Ventris was the very model of a solitary, tortured genius - so much so that the deciphering of Linear B has often been portrayed as his accomplishment alone.

How was Linear B deciphered?

The decipherment of the Linear B script in the 1950s and its recognition as Mycenaean Greek, an early Greek dialect written in a form of orthography quite distinct from the later classical Greek alphabet, was first achieved by the application of cryptographic “code cracking” methods (see also cryptology).

Why hasn t Linear A been deciphered?

Deciphering Linear B was a monumental achievement, but the challenge of Linear A is even more difficult. That's partly because the language behind the script doesn't appear to be like any other language. “It seems to be a wholly unknown indigenous language,” says Davis.