No, the hieroglyphs of Egypt had been translated long before his time, but in his work in Crete and Greece he discovered the first inscriptions using Minoan Linear A and Linear B and the script known as Cretan hieroglyphs - he named all three writing systems but he was unable to read any of them.
Only Minoan Linear B has ever been translated - its language is an early and unusual form of Greek.
Arthur 'Slim' Evans was born in 1890.
SIr Arthur Evans was the son of Harriet Ann Dickinson .
Arthur Evans was born on July 8, 1851.
Arthur Evans was born on July 8, 1851.
Arthur Evans - author - died in 2011.
Arthur Evans - author - was born in 1942.
Arthur Charles Evans died in 2011.
Arthur Charles Evans was born in 1916.
Arthur Chesterfield-Evans was born in 1950.
Arthur Benoni Evans died in 1854.
Arthur Benoni Evans was born in 1781.
Arthur Evans died on 1941-07-11.