Proceed with Caution! Identifying Structures using Royal Inscriptions (Part 2)
I ended my last post with the assertion that inscribed objects are found in the ‘wrong’ building – that is,…
Month: October 2018
Why Shamila? Arabic Libraries on your Computer
The most famous Arabic digital library (both online and on computer) is al-Shamila. It contains roughly 7260 Arabic books (when this…
The Shrine Database: An Interview with its Creator
By James Harry Morris with thanks to @ShrineWalker and Tomiyama Aki. Those of you who follow me on Twitter will likely be aware…
Notes on the Study of Loma
A script was developed in the 1930’s for the Loma language by Widɔ Zoɓo of Boneketa, Liberia. While it has…
Proceed with Caution! Identifying Structures using Royal Inscriptions (Part 1)
I’m going to preface this post with a note that I am NOT an archaeologist. I have taken archaeology classes,…