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 .
John Arthur Evans has written: 'Decorators' estimating'
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 'Slim' Evans died in 1944.
Arthur Chesterfield-Evans was born in 1950.
Arthur Charles Evans died in 2011.
Arthur Charles Evans was born in 1916.
Arthur Humble Evans died in 1943.
Arthur Humble Evans was born in 1855.