text: A librarian from this city explored “ring numbers” and “snake numbers” to decode astronomical tables.
full_question: A librarian from this city explored “ring numbers” and “snake numbers” to decode astronomical tables. Yuri Knorozov deciphered a syllabary by examining works named for Madrid, Paris, and this city. Reading an object named for this city was instrumental in deciphering “bar and dot” numerals and the Long Count calendar. This European city was where the oldest surviving book from the Americas was rediscovered, a Codex written in Mayan hieroglyphs. For 10 points what German city firebombed during World War II is home to the Saxon State Library?
first_sentence: A librarian from this city explored “ring numbers” and “snake numbers” to decode astronomical tables.