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Visual Interactions in Early Writing Systems (VIEWS) is a Cambridge Uni project funded by UKRI, and host of the Endangered Writing Network. For more information please visit our websites: https://linktr.ee/viewsproject?utm_source=linktree_profile_share

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VIEWS project @viewsproject.bsky.social · Nov 19

Another thing new followers may not realise is that we run the Endangered Writing Network, which aims to bring people from varied backgrounds together to tackle problems of language and writing endangerment. So we are interested... 1/3

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Endangered Writing Network

To join the Endangered Writing Network and play a role in this important conversation, please scroll down to the contact form further down the page and send us your details. Across the world today,…

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VIEWS project @viewsproject.bsky.social · 1h

Thank you, those are interesting snippets in themselves!

VIEWS project @viewsproject.bsky.social · 1h

Thank you! Yes, I've seen it on flags and I think on neon signs. It's very interesting where this kind of mirror writing turns up - I'd love to know if there's wider Roman evidence.

VIEWS project @viewsproject.bsky.social · 2h

Is writing in reverse on one side of galley a thing? I feel I need to know this...

Nice object!

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VIEWS project @viewsproject.bsky.social · 1d

Probably leaflet unless I was referring to them en masse as junk mail or similar.

This is a psychological question not a dialectological one?

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Katherine McDonald @katherinemcdon.bsky.social · 8d

I'm sorry, but for budget reasons, your chariot to the afterlife is scheduled to be pulled by a chicken.

Small votive dedication to Hades showing a man in a chariot and, sorry, a chicken. With greek inscription.

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VIEWS project @viewsproject.bsky.social · 5d

Two days of very stimulating VIEWS meetings, featuring a visit from Annick Payne to educate us in Anatolian Hieroglyphs. I hadn't heard of these painted inscriptions!

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Painted hieroglyphs found in Hattusa Yerkapı tunnel opens a new page in the Hittite world - Anatolian Archaeology

Painted Hieroglyphs found in Hattusa Yerkapı tunnel opens a new page in the Hittite world. Prof. Dr. Andreas Schachner said...

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VIEWS project @viewsproject.bsky.social · 7d

It had lost its label but they charged me £1 for it.

VIEWS project @viewsproject.bsky.social · 7d

A reminder that our first seminar of the season takes place tomorrow and is hybrid. Annick Payne will be giving us an Anatolian Hieroglyphic Masterclass!

Zoom registration and more information via this link:

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VIEWS Autumn Seminars 2025

We are excited to announce our autumn termcard of hybrid seminars, with three events coming up. The topics include Anatolian Hieroglyphs, Linear A and B, Greek alphabetic education and European and…

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VIEWS project @viewsproject.bsky.social · 7d

Oops sorry!! 😳

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VIEWS project @viewsproject.bsky.social · 8d

I don't think I can resist wearing it to the Faculty at some point! 🐍🐍🐍

VIEWS project @viewsproject.bsky.social · 8d

P S. It is quite painful to wear because it has nobbly bits on the inside of the band but it makes for a good photo

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VIEWS project @viewsproject.bsky.social · 8d

Peak Halloween Classicist accessory!

(Thank you Poundland 😱)

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Joumana Medlej @majnouna.com · 9d

I've been working on this piece since last month! Please enjoy a dive into magnificent natural colours from Heian Japan, just published on #Caravanserai.
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Kasane

The most refined art of wearing the seasons

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VIEWS project @viewsproject.bsky.social · 9d

Needless to say, his whole family made fun of him ceaselessly.

VIEWS project @viewsproject.bsky.social · 9d

One of my great uncles had been a Scouser until he moved to Scotland and adopted the accent! Kilmarnock area.

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VIEWS project @viewsproject.bsky.social · 12d

@dannybate.bsky.social look what just came through the door! It's a good companion for Ben's alphabet colouring book 😊

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VIEWS project @viewsproject.bsky.social · 14d

Thank you! ☺️

VIEWS project @viewsproject.bsky.social · 14d

(Today I can start using the title Professor! The promotion was two years ago, but I had to wait for the university's reform of titles in research posts.)

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VIEWS project @viewsproject.bsky.social · 14d

Eating mummy's new business cards.

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VIEWS project @viewsproject.bsky.social · 14d

A live streamed conference on ancient epigraphy in the classroom, next Monday - I think lots of people will find this interesting.

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FROM STONE TO CLASSROOM: NEW DIDACTICS IN TEACHING EPIGRAPHY – Faculty of History

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VIEWS project @viewsproject.bsky.social · 14d

Very interesting sign reversals going on in Ben's dark side alphabet. He's discovering something about symmetry 😊

VIEWS project @viewsproject.bsky.social · 16d

It reminds me of the baby jail ones in the hospital, which we thought was hilarious when Ben had his stripey clothes on.

VIEWS project @viewsproject.bsky.social · 16d

I've just cut the bottom off with my address but you get the misspelling anyway 🙂 It's the university standard, but I thought the spacing could be improved.

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VIEWS project @viewsproject.bsky.social · 16d

So interested in the general aesthetic of my new business card template that I nearly missed that my name was misspelt. Glad I caught that one before printing!

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VIEWS project @viewsproject.bsky.social · 16d

And the poster just because I'm quite pleased with it 😁

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