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CASE #1 - THE MISSING TABLET.
OF KNOSSOS.. SGT. HASKIL
L TOOK THE CALL THAT CAME..INTO THE HUXL
EY POLICE STATION AT 11:45..A.M., SUNDAY
, MAY 5TH. DR. MERVYN H...BOWNES, CHAIRM
AN OF THE ARCHAEOLOGY..DEPARTMENT AT HUX
LEY COLLEGE (D), WAS..RAMBLING INCOHEREN
TLY ABOUT THE THEFT OF..THE TABLET OF KN
OSSOS FROM HIS OFFICE...ONCE SGT. HASKIL
L CALMED HIM DOWN, DR...BOWNES EXPLAINED
...*. TWO YEARS EARLIER, BOWNES HAD LE
D A..DIG AT KNOSSOS, THE ANCIENT CENTER
OF..THE MINOAN EMPIRE ON THE ISLAND OF..
CRETE. WHILE EXCAVATING THE SITE OF A..M
ANSION WHICH HAD BURNED TO THE GROUND..I
N A FIRE OVER 3,000 YEARS AGO, BOWNES'..
ASSISTANT, ROLAND FOURNIER, UNEARTHED A.
.CLAY TABLET...*. THE TABLET WAS A VER
Y IMPORTANT FIND..BECAUSE OF THE TWO LAN
GUAGES INSCRIBED..ON IT: EGYPTIAN, AND T
HE AS-YET-..UNTRANSLATED WRITTEN LANGUAG
E OF THE..EARLIEST MINOANS, LINEAR A. TH
E LATER..MINOAN LANGUAGE, LINEAR B, HAD
BEEN..DECIPHERED IN 1953 AND WAS SHOWN T
O HAVE..MUCH IN COMMON WITH THE GREEK LA
NGUAGE..OF ITS DAY...*. USING THE EGYP
TIAN CHARACTERS AS A..GUIDE, IT BECAME C
LEAR THAT THE EARLIER..LINEAR A WAS RELA
TED TO BABYLONIAN. THIS..RAISED INTEREST
ING POSSIBILITIES ABOUT..THE ORIGINAL IN
HABITANTS OF CRETE...FOURNIER, WHO WAS W
ORKING TOWARD HIS..DOCTORATE IN EPIGRAPH
Y, THE STUDY OF..WRITTEN SYSTEMS USING D
URABLE MATERIALS,..WAS ABLE TO VERIFY TH
E AUTHENTICITY OF..THE TABLET...*. BOW
NES' CALL WAS INTERRUPTED AT THIS..POINT
BY ANOTHER CALL FROM MAYOR..MCHUGH, WHO
WAS TRYING TO REACH POLICE..CHIEF THOMA
S SABELLICO. THADDEUS BOWNES,..DR. BOWNE
S' FATHER, HAD CALLED MCHUGH...THE ELDER
BOWNES IS THE LEADING CITIZEN..OF HUXLE
Y, FOUNDED BY HIS GREAT-..GRANDFATHER, E
DGAR HUXLEY, IN 1875...THADDEUS BOWNES I
S CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD..OF REGENTS OF H
UXLEY COLLEGE, CHAIRMAN..OF THE BOARD OF
WESTRON MALL..CORPORATION, AND OWNS MOS
T OF THE TOWN'S..PRIME REAL ESTATE...*.
THADDEUS BOWNES CALLED TO TELL MAYOR..
MCHUGH THAT HE WANTS HIS SON'S MISSING..
TABLET FOUND, AND BEFORE THE LAST TRAIN.
.LEAVES FOR NEW YORK AT 5 P.M...*..TO WI
N, YOU MUST:..1. DISCOVER WHO STOLE THE
TABLET...2. EXPLAIN THE MOTIVE FOR THE T
HEFT...3. LOCATE THE TABLET....ALL PLAYE
RS START AT HUXLEY COLLEGE (D)..AT 12:10
P.M...@.
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