Archive for July, 2008

16 Jul

Egyptian Hieroglyph PowerPoint and Video - Biliterals 2

Here’s the next installment of PowerPoints and videos of Egyptian biliterals - the second set:

PowerPoint Biliterals 2

Video Biliterals 2

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Technorati Tags: biliterals, Egyptian, hieroglyphs

16 Jul

Egyptian Hieroglyph PowerPoint and Video - Biliterals 1

I’ll be making a series of PowerPoints and videos of Egyptian biliterals and triliterals. Here are the first:

PowerPoint Biliterals 1
Video Biliterals 1

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09 Jul

Egyptian Hieroglyphs in Australia?

Pretty interesting story - who knows if the carvings are modern?

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Technorati Tags: Egyptian, hieroglyphs

09 Jul

Free Download of Bibliography of Sumerian Grammar

Courtesy of the awilum.com blog by Charles Halton. Follow the link.

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03 Jul

Jordan turns over Iraqi artifacts - including some cuneiform items

Well …  that’s what I’m guessing with the nonsensical reference in this article to “ancient Sumerian SCROLLS” (the Sumerians didn’t write on scrolls).  Let imprecision reign.

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Technorati Tags: cuneiform, News, Sumerian, tablets

01 Jul

back from vacation tonight - blogging to resume

I’ll be back tonight from vacation. I was (literally) in one of the most unwired places in the US (only dial-up, and even that was rare).  Thought I was ready for that, but my pre-planning went awry. It was like a Dilbert cartoon!
I’ll be posting and answering comments starting tomorrow!
Mike

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