Medieval Russian Manuscripts, News, and More! [iBB Live #2]
During our second stream, we plan to discuss some medieval Russian manuscripts from collections of Novgorod museums and talk about some bookish news.
writing
French Archaeologist Deciphers the 4500 Year Old Writing of the Kingdom of Elam
Linear Elamite is a Bronze Age writing system used in Elam, a civilization that stretched in the west & southwest of Iran and a small part of southern Iraq 4500 years ago.
Machine Learning Helps Decipher Languages That Have Been Lost to History
MIT Professor Regina Barzilay and MIT PhD student Jiaming Luo recently made a major development in the study of the linguistics of lost languages. They have developed a new system that has been shown to be able to automatically decipher a lost language, without needing advanced knowledge of its relation to other languages.
A New Perspective on Ink Composition Reveals More About Ancient Egyptian Writing Practices
Ancient Egyptians used black ink for writing the main body of text, while red ink was often used to highlight headings, instructions, or keywords. Research into the composition of ink has transformed ideas around Ancient Egyptian writing practices.
