# John G. Younger · Person

> Aegean prehistorian (Kansas); web editions of the hieroglyphic and Linear A texts. In Cretan Hieroglyphic.

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# John G. Younger

Aegean prehistorian (Kansas); web editions of the hieroglyphic and Linear A texts

[Cretan Hieroglyphic](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/cretan-hieroglyphic)[1 event][1 source]

John G. Younger is professor emeritus at the University of Kansas who reviewed CHIC in Minos (1996-1997), restored the cat-mask sign, and maintained the online transcriptions of the Cretan Hieroglyphic and Linear A corpora that most working scholars used., and appears in the record of Cretan Hieroglyphic as aegean prehistorian (Kansas); web editions of the hieroglyphic and Linear A texts.

One event on the site involves Younger: Civitillo, Ferrara and Meissner publish the first collective volume on the script (2024).

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## In the mysteries

**Cretan Hieroglyphic**

Aegean prehistorian (Kansas); web editions of the hieroglyphic and Linear A texts · 1 event

[The mystery ](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/cretan-hieroglyphic)

## What John G. Younger did 1

2024[Civitillo, Ferrara and Meissner publish the first collective volume on the script](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/cretan-hieroglyphic/events/EVT0DEDSWJRDPF0/civitillo-ferrara-and-meissner-publish-the-first-collective)

with [Silvia Ferrara](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/cretan-hieroglyphic/people/FIG0DEDR9NY4C18/silvia-ferrara) · [Anna Margherita Jasink](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/cretan-hieroglyphic/people/FIG0DEDRHWGB4SN/anna-margherita-jasink)

## Worked with 2

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**Silvia Ferrara**

Cretan Hieroglyphic

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**Anna Margherita Jasink**

Cretan Hieroglyphic

](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/cretan-hieroglyphic/people/FIG0DEDRHWGB4SN/anna-margherita-jasink)

## Sources 1

[The Cretan Hieroglyphic Script: A Review Article](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDJCKW0BRQ/the-cretan-hieroglyphic-script-a-review-article)

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Reviewer of CHIC, Editor of the online hieroglyphic texts

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Professor emeritus at the University of Kansas who reviewed CHIC in Minos (1996-1997), restored the cat-mask sign, and maintained the online transcriptions of the Cretan Hieroglyphic and Linear A corpora that most working scholars used.

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