One of my big interests, dating from my early childhood, is archaeology and ancient history. Why? Maybe because it gives us a glimpse into the lives and cultures of people who lived so long ago, the deep origins of who we are today, the mind-boggling discoveries that are constantly expanding our knowledge of what happened hundreds and even thousands of years ago. The puzzles that we are solving, or at least coming close to solving, year by year. The Mycenaean script called "Linear B" was dec