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Publisher of rupestrian literatures and accompanying materials. Book 124290000 due out 2027. #LostLanguages #UndecipheredScripts #ForgottenWords
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124290000 - the silence before a story has begun
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34 - end, tip, conclusion #thingthingsound
June 22, 2025 at 9:49 PM
34 - end, tip, conclusion #thingthingsound
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You're completely right that arguing between ideogram and logogram doesn't really get you very far, which was why I made the meme 🙂 Those who defend one or the other have to use a narrow definition in order to make their stance defensible!
June 22, 2025 at 7:17 AM
You're completely right that arguing between ideogram and logogram doesn't really get you very far, which was why I made the meme 🙂 Those who defend one or the other have to use a narrow definition in order to make their stance defensible!
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103000000 - silence
December 16, 2024 at 1:38 AM
103000000 - silence
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30 - path, way, season #thingthingsound
March 3, 2025 at 6:00 PM
30 - path, way, season #thingthingsound
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The Govan Sun Stone.
We think this was once a prehistoric standing stone that was repurposed as a Christian monument by the Clyde Britons in the early medieval period.
🎬 Dr Tom Horne, @hornesupremacy.bsky.social, Museum Assistant.
We think this was once a prehistoric standing stone that was repurposed as a Christian monument by the Clyde Britons in the early medieval period.
🎬 Dr Tom Horne, @hornesupremacy.bsky.social, Museum Assistant.
May 13, 2025 at 10:22 AM
The Govan Sun Stone.
We think this was once a prehistoric standing stone that was repurposed as a Christian monument by the Clyde Britons in the early medieval period.
🎬 Dr Tom Horne, @hornesupremacy.bsky.social, Museum Assistant.
We think this was once a prehistoric standing stone that was repurposed as a Christian monument by the Clyde Britons in the early medieval period.
🎬 Dr Tom Horne, @hornesupremacy.bsky.social, Museum Assistant.
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In ancient Assyria, scholars wrote questions in clay about events to come, intended for divine eyes.
The god Shamash would then leave his reply in the entrails of an animal, to be read by a trained seer.
There are 300+ of these.
Only two ask Shamash to overlook that they were written by a woman.
The god Shamash would then leave his reply in the entrails of an animal, to be read by a trained seer.
There are 300+ of these.
Only two ask Shamash to overlook that they were written by a woman.
April 9, 2025 at 11:59 AM
In ancient Assyria, scholars wrote questions in clay about events to come, intended for divine eyes.
The god Shamash would then leave his reply in the entrails of an animal, to be read by a trained seer.
There are 300+ of these.
Only two ask Shamash to overlook that they were written by a woman.
The god Shamash would then leave his reply in the entrails of an animal, to be read by a trained seer.
There are 300+ of these.
Only two ask Shamash to overlook that they were written by a woman.
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April 5, 2025 at 5:22 PM
2 - movement, worm, life #thingthingsound #TheAncestors
April 5, 2025 at 1:07 AM
2 - movement, worm, life #thingthingsound #TheAncestors
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#Carpathian Basin #Rovash is derived from #Proto-Rovash. It was used to write the #Avar language, #Turkic languages (inc. Oghuric), and Proto- #Hungarian in the Carpathian Basin, Pontic–Caspian steppe and Volga region
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#writingscripts
#linguistics
#history
#map
#matuww
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#writingscripts
#linguistics
#history
#map
#matuww
January 5, 2025 at 1:27 PM
#Carpathian Basin #Rovash is derived from #Proto-Rovash. It was used to write the #Avar language, #Turkic languages (inc. Oghuric), and Proto- #Hungarian in the Carpathian Basin, Pontic–Caspian steppe and Volga region
Full page: tinyurl.com/4axubndm
#writingscripts
#linguistics
#history
#map
#matuww
Full page: tinyurl.com/4axubndm
#writingscripts
#linguistics
#history
#map
#matuww
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Fantastic fish logos. Some nice use of symmetry, mirroring and pattern in these. Discover over 4000 more logos at logo-archive.org the internet's largest library of historical logos.
April 3, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Fantastic fish logos. Some nice use of symmetry, mirroring and pattern in these. Discover over 4000 more logos at logo-archive.org the internet's largest library of historical logos.
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January 3, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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L'art rupestre de l'Ennedi au Tchad : ce que racontent ces gravures du Néolithique.
www.geo.fr/histoire/l-a...
www.geo.fr/histoire/l-a...
L'art rupestre de l'Ennedi au Tchad : ce que racontent ces gravures du Néolithique
Trésors cachés du désert tchadien, les peintures et gravures rupestres de l’Ennedi racontent une époque où le Sahara était vert. Un patrimoine fragile, préservé loin de toute affluence.
www.geo.fr
March 23, 2025 at 6:06 PM
L'art rupestre de l'Ennedi au Tchad : ce que racontent ces gravures du Néolithique.
www.geo.fr/histoire/l-a...
www.geo.fr/histoire/l-a...
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4500000000 - white
January 3, 2025 at 8:57 AM
4500000000 - white
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Reminder: Fasten your seat belts. The guest speaker for my Sunday zoom discussion group on March 30 will be Ugis Nastevics, the authority on Latvian knotted string "writing." Phenomenal! I'd never heard of it! Register at us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
March 24, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Reminder: Fasten your seat belts. The guest speaker for my Sunday zoom discussion group on March 30 will be Ugis Nastevics, the authority on Latvian knotted string "writing." Phenomenal! I'd never heard of it! Register at us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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“Do not act falsely and terror […] will not consume you.
“Do not slander, and you will not ponder grief.
“Do not commit evil, and you will not gain eternal distress.”
Proverbs from ancient Mesopotamia preserved on a broken clay tablet.
“Do not slander, and you will not ponder grief.
“Do not commit evil, and you will not gain eternal distress.”
Proverbs from ancient Mesopotamia preserved on a broken clay tablet.
March 22, 2025 at 9:19 AM
“Do not act falsely and terror […] will not consume you.
“Do not slander, and you will not ponder grief.
“Do not commit evil, and you will not gain eternal distress.”
Proverbs from ancient Mesopotamia preserved on a broken clay tablet.
“Do not slander, and you will not ponder grief.
“Do not commit evil, and you will not gain eternal distress.”
Proverbs from ancient Mesopotamia preserved on a broken clay tablet.
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In 2022 I was lucky enough to finally make it down to the #Dingle peninsula of south-west Ireland to visit the remarkable 1000 yr old #Gallarus Oratory
An early church & one of the most extraordinary surviving historic buildings in the country, built of drystone walling
📷 My own, May 2022
An early church & one of the most extraordinary surviving historic buildings in the country, built of drystone walling
📷 My own, May 2022
March 4, 2025 at 6:16 AM
30 - path, way, season #thingthingsound
March 3, 2025 at 6:00 PM
30 - path, way, season #thingthingsound
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60-64 - numerals
January 11, 2025 at 7:54 PM
60-64 - numerals
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When did modern humans reach each of the 7 continents ? www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
When did modern humans reach each of the 7 continents?
Ideas about the global dispersal of Homo sapiens have changed over time.
www.livescience.com
March 3, 2025 at 3:58 PM
When did modern humans reach each of the 7 continents ? www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
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An Anglo-Saxon name stone for Osgyth which was found on Lindisfarne in Northumberland. The stone dates from the mid 7th to 8th centuries, and possibly served as a grave marker. The stone can be viewed in the Lindisfarne Priory Museum. 📸 My own. #SaxonSunday #HolyIsland
February 23, 2025 at 8:49 AM
An Anglo-Saxon name stone for Osgyth which was found on Lindisfarne in Northumberland. The stone dates from the mid 7th to 8th centuries, and possibly served as a grave marker. The stone can be viewed in the Lindisfarne Priory Museum. 📸 My own. #SaxonSunday #HolyIsland
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Proverbs from ancient Mesopotamia are full of wisdom and humour. Keeping in mind that proverbs helped students practice the Sumerian language at school, it’s a reminder that teachers might have used humour to make lessons more memorable.
“Like a flatulent anus, the mouth produces too many words”
“Like a flatulent anus, the mouth produces too many words”
February 27, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Proverbs from ancient Mesopotamia are full of wisdom and humour. Keeping in mind that proverbs helped students practice the Sumerian language at school, it’s a reminder that teachers might have used humour to make lessons more memorable.
“Like a flatulent anus, the mouth produces too many words”
“Like a flatulent anus, the mouth produces too many words”
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#EpigraphyTuesday – A particularly interesting graffito poem from Pompeii today, not least for the discussion as to whether or not it was written by a woman to another woman. #Latin #Pompeii 🧵🏺
Image: CIL 4.5296; Plate 8 in Milnor, 2014 (full reference at end of thread)
Image: CIL 4.5296; Plate 8 in Milnor, 2014 (full reference at end of thread)
February 25, 2025 at 9:31 AM
#EpigraphyTuesday – A particularly interesting graffito poem from Pompeii today, not least for the discussion as to whether or not it was written by a woman to another woman. #Latin #Pompeii 🧵🏺
Image: CIL 4.5296; Plate 8 in Milnor, 2014 (full reference at end of thread)
Image: CIL 4.5296; Plate 8 in Milnor, 2014 (full reference at end of thread)
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Today we visited the Wixárika community of Cerro de los Tigres, and participated in a event celebrating the Wixárika language. The community has made signs and books to allow children to engage with the language in school.
February 21, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Today we visited the Wixárika community of Cerro de los Tigres, and participated in a event celebrating the Wixárika language. The community has made signs and books to allow children to engage with the language in school.