Michael Ventris

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	First paragraph modernization.	Encyclopaedia Britannica	Apr 12, 2024
	Anniversary information added.		Sep 02, 2023
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	Add new Web site: University of Cambridge - Faculty of Classics - Biography of Michael Ventris.	Aakanksha Gaur	Oct 06, 2017
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998