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Post by sheshki on Mar 29, 2015 8:27:08 GMT -5
Look at this website and weep. They are taking stupid to a whole new level. link
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Post by sheshki on Mar 30, 2015 17:45:10 GMT -5
Have you heard of --->this article?Bulgarian Archaeologist Finds 5000-Year-Old Relief from Ancient Mesopotamia among Artifacts Seized from Treasure Hunters The strange part is that the hole in the middle does not look the same as the very worn edges...it looks like made recently. Also all the edges on the imagery don´t look worn. Maybe this thing is a fake...?
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Post by sheshki on Apr 8, 2015 12:54:44 GMT -5
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Post by enkur on Apr 9, 2015 15:00:32 GMT -5
About the photo above Etemenigur: Doubtful as everything in this most corrupted country. (At least what is truly valuable has never enjoyed great publicity.) Ovcharov is risking his reputation of local archaeological star by his statements about the slab's authenticity. Most of the Bulgarian archaeologists have specialized mainly in the late antiquity. Of course, because the probability to find golden artifacts from that epoch is greater. There are a lot of objects from the Bronze Age, and earlier ages which stay uninvestigated, left to the weather, and to the looters. The publications on these objects are as if tabooed. The best book on the megaliths on the territory of Bulgaria was written by a professor on atomic physics and published by his own funds and of little circulation.
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Post by sheshki on Apr 9, 2015 19:57:31 GMT -5
The Diyala Database, for the first time, publishes all archaeological materials from the Diyala Expedition, one of the most important excavation projects ever undertaken in Mesopotamia (modern Iraq). >>>link
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Post by sheshki on Jul 26, 2015 8:36:16 GMT -5
Die Entwicklung der keilschriftlichen sumerischen Beschwörungsliteratur von den Anfängen bis zur UR III-Zeit Dr. phil. Rudik, Nadezda ------>>>LINK
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Post by us4-he2-gal2 on Aug 2, 2015 0:32:07 GMT -5
Sheshki: Thanks very much for this link! Yes I met Nadezda (Nadia) Rudik in Leipzig and attended one of her classes on Sumerian, I could only attend a single time due to obligations in Jena. But her dissertation which you have just linked was recommended to me several times by Prof. Krebernik, and I had meant to acquire a copy of it sometime. Excellent find! I will be happy to add it to my collection of dissertations, and hopefully, it may inform things as enenuru as well
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Post by sheshki on Nov 4, 2015 19:17:59 GMT -5
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Post by nemequm on Nov 8, 2015 11:02:06 GMT -5
Okay, this is reaaally crazy and awesome and everything. dumbcuneiform.com/Okay, they only translitterate (that's boring) and use Persian version of cuneiform (I don't know if it's boring) but I really like this.
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Post by sheshki on Nov 12, 2015 7:15:27 GMT -5
Bibliography of Mesopotamian Astral Science >>> link
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Post by sheshki on Dec 13, 2015 10:01:38 GMT -5
Lots of nice pictures by Osama S. M. Amin link
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Post by svladu on Jan 29, 2016 8:10:05 GMT -5
it looks like this fellow is a philosophy teacher (so I presume), but he has this history of the pre-babylonian period of Sumer: stevewatson.info/writings/Sumer/index.htm. It seems well-researched, though.
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Post by svladu on Feb 3, 2016 13:35:56 GMT -5
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Post by us4-he2-gal2 on Feb 20, 2016 0:28:16 GMT -5
We are accustomed to seeing modern Iraq in the news on CNN or BBC - but it isn't so often that one sees ancient Iraq in the news (unfortunately). Therefore, I was pleased to note this story on BBC, headline: Ancient Babylonians 'first to use geometry' www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-35431974
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Post by us4-he2-gal2 on Mar 12, 2016 12:54:07 GMT -5
Two links from the BBC's online 'Museum of Lost Objects" series - both deal with looted items resulting from the 2003 invasion of Iraq. On a side note, the article "Genie of Nimrud" reports on a new Gilgamesh tablet now in the museum of Iraqi Kurdistan which gives new perspective to the monster Humbaba, quite a literary gem! www.bbc.com/news/magazine-35774900www.bbc.com/news/magazine-35755273
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Post by sheshki on Jun 20, 2016 17:57:36 GMT -5
special offer from Eisenbrauns...some nice stuff there eisenbrauns
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Post by sheshki on Jul 13, 2016 11:16:04 GMT -5
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Post by sheshki on Jul 16, 2016 18:07:55 GMT -5
Interesting exhibition "Founding Figures: Copper Sculpture from Ancient Mesopotamia, ca. 3300–2000 BC" in the Morgan Library & Museum in Manhattan. link
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Post by sheshki on Jul 29, 2016 5:56:23 GMT -5
Interesting book Enki und Ninmah Eine mythische Erzählung in sumerischer Sprache by Manuel Ceccarelli >>Link...but the price!
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Post by sheshki on Aug 29, 2016 18:55:40 GMT -5
There is a new computergame called ABZU. A diving game... "ABZÛ is an epic descent into the depths of the sea, where players will explore beautifully rendered ocean environments with fluid swimming controls. The experience draws inspiration from the deep innate narrative that we all carry within our subconscious: the story of ABZÛ is a universal myth that resonates across cultures. The name references a concept from the oldest mythologies; it is the combination of the two ancient words AB, meaning ocean, and ZÛ, meaning to know. ABZÛ is the ocean of wisdom." Ocean of wisfom? Ah well. No idea why they write ABZA tho...probably a typo of some sort. link
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Post by us4-he2-gal2 on Aug 29, 2016 19:20:17 GMT -5
Also released on PS4. Perhaps an instance of a game trying to sound deeper than it really is 0_0 Also, looks like their depiction of a misc. ancient script is just a little too generic to be proto-cuneiform:
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Post by us4-he2-gal2 on Sept 9, 2016 7:03:59 GMT -5
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Post by sheshki on Sept 19, 2016 14:28:30 GMT -5
Cuneify, by Steve Tinney It provides several Old Babylonian, Hittie and Neo-Assyrian scripts >>>link<<<
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Post by us4-he2-gal2 on Sept 20, 2016 15:57:10 GMT -5
Love this resource! I tihnk someone mentioned something like it before, maybe you , but yes this is fantastic! Tons of fun
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Post by sheshki on Oct 2, 2016 8:40:45 GMT -5
Another website from the cringe-worthy/bullshit/misleading category. >>> link <<<Let me quote: "This site is dedicated to providing free translations of English or your own language into some of the oldest languages known to man and even some modern languages that were recently discovered, in the hopes of making communication more open. Make yourself more comfortable with ancient cultures today by using our instant online translation service." How about a short "translation" example: So, what are the problems here? 1. Babylonian Cuneiform is not an alphabet. 2. Their result is not a translation at all, but... 3. ...they claim it is. Which is problematic, especially for the uninitiated. 4. The same can be said for the Egyptian version of their "translator", and at a guess for the other languages offered too. Cuneiform, apart from maybe the very late Persian and Ugaritic, is syllabic. That means the result of their "translation" actually reads: ba-u-la-la-sa-ha-i-ta What they are basically doing is like writing an english word with russian letters and calling it a translation. Which of course it is not. But the web site claims to provide the visitor with "tools for translation of ancient and modern languages.." This is misleading at best and i could even go as far as calling it lying, but since they do not try to sell you anything, i stay with misleading. edit: Since he is trying to flog his pseudo science books i change the "misleading" into "lying".
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Post by dingo on Oct 23, 2016 8:19:36 GMT -5
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Post by sheshki on Jan 17, 2017 13:08:12 GMT -5
Interesting free book Visible Language - Inventions Of Writing In The Ancient Middle East And Beyond Writing is one of the most important inventions ever made by humans. By putting spoken language into visible, material form, people could for the first time store information and transmit it across time and across space. It meant that a person’s words could be recorded and read by others — decades, or even centuries later. It meant that people could send letters, instructions, or treaties to other people thousands of kilometers away. Writing was the world’s first true information technology, and it was revolutionary. The very ubiquity of writing in our civilization has made it seem like a natural, unquestioned part of our cultural landscape. Yet it was not always this way. Although anatomically modern humans have existed for about one hundred thousand years, writing is a relatively recent invention — just over five thousand years old. How and why did writing first appear? --->>>link
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Post by sheshki on Jun 9, 2017 17:59:08 GMT -5
Nice picture gallery by RASCHID International --->LINK
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Post by sheshki on Jul 22, 2017 19:30:06 GMT -5
An ETCSL list for fake objects in collections...there are some funny pieces. LINKMy favorite is this one LINK
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Post by hukkana on Jul 23, 2017 10:53:53 GMT -5
My favorite is this one LINKWhat is that one supposed to be I wonder ? Also I see only one item marked, tentatively, as an ancient fake. I thought there'd be a few more at least.
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