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Inscriptions as data: digital epigraphy in macro-historical perspective
Journal of digital history, 2021 As short texts written on a durable medium, inscriptions offer a window into past societies, their organization, cultural norms, and practices. Several hundred thousand inscriptions in Greek and Latin language survive until today, providing us with a line of evidence concerning populations of large cities and rural communities of the entire ...
Adela Sobotková +2 more
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Teaching Epigraphy in the Digital Age [PDF]
, 2019 Heather Dana Davis Parker +1 more
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The Code of Maya Kings and Queens: Encoding and Markup of Maya Hieroglyphic Writing
Journal of the Text Encoding Initiative, 2021 Maya hieroglyphic script (300 BCE–1500 CE) is a semi-deciphered logographic and syllabic autochthonous writing system from the Americas and is one of the most significant writing traditions of the ancient world.
Martin de la Iglesia +6 more
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Knowledge and the Picturesque: Encountering Syria in the Eighteenth Century
Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Volume 46, Issue 3, Page 365-383, September 2023., 2023 Abstract This essay looks at the West's engagement with Syria in the eighteenth century, through the writings of travellers and through the history of the publications they brought back from their travels. It argues that these publications provoked a rethinking of various tropes in the description of the Levant, helping to define attitudes to ruins as ...
Alexis Tadié
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Cretan Institutional Inscriptions: A New EpiDoc Database
Journal of the Text Encoding Initiative, 2021 The paper presents the database Cretan Institutional Inscriptions, which was created as part of a PhD research project carried out at the University of Venice Ca’ Foscari.
Irene Vagionakis
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EpiSearch. Identifying Ancient Inscriptions in Epigraphic Manuscripts [PDF]
Journal of Data Mining and Digital Humanities, 2023 Epigraphic documents are an essential source of evidence for our knowledge of the ancient world. Nonetheless, a significant number of inscriptions have not been preserved in their material form.
Lorenzo Calvelli +2 more
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The Ecumenical Review, Volume 75, Issue 2, Page 249-262, April 2023., 2023 Abstract This article examines the phrase “light from light” in the 4th‐century Nicene and Nicene‐Constantinopolitan creeds. The article begins by presenting the earliest use of light as a metaphor for Christ and his agency, as well as examples of similar language outside “orthodox” Christianity. It goes on to examine the meaning and use of “light from
Maria Munkholt Christensen
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Archaeological Prospection, Volume 29, Issue 3, Page 323-341, July/September 2022., 2022 Abstract Underground mapping is of paramount importance at archaeological sites with natural or man‐made caves. Techniques of different complexity are available for underground surveying, from compass and tape to light detection and ranging (LiDAR). However, there are scenarios where it is impossible to use heavy and/or delicate instrumentation, or ...
N. Ayuso +7 more
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Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing, Volume 2021, Issue 1, 2021., 2021 Over the last two decades, the identification of ancient artifacts has been regarded as one of the most challenging tasks for archaeologists. Chinese people consider these artifacts as symbols of their cultural heritage. The development of technology has helped in the identification of ancient artifacts to a greater extent.
Qiang Zhao, Vinoth Babu Kumaravelu
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Archiving a TEI Project FAIRly
Journal of the Text Encoding Initiative, 2022 The Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine project is an online corpus of over four thousand inscriptions from Israel and Palestine, written in Hebrew, Greek, Latin, and Aramaic, dating roughly from the Persian Period to the Arab Conquest.
Andrew Creamer +3 more
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