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The Story Of The Ahnenerbe, The Nazi ‘Research’ Organization That Sought To Prove The Superiority Of The Aryan Race
Those working for the Ahnenerbe project set out to prove that the Aryan race was descended from Nordic gods, and spent vast ...
London Review of Books15d
Tom Stevenson
Champollion and Egyptian hieroglyphs, Magnus Celsius and Staveless Runes, Michael Ventris and Linear B, Edward Hincks and Akkadian cuneiform, Yuri Knorozov and Maya glyphs. These were undeniable ...
Middlebury College8d
James Fitzsimmons
We will learn how archaeologists and codebreakers deciphered these inscriptions as well as the basics of the writing systems themselves, from Mesopotamian cuneiform to Egyptian hieroglyphics to ...
Smithsonian Magazine18d
Egyptologist Reveals Mysterious Messages Hidden in the Hieroglyphics on a 3,000-Year-Old Obelisk
Jean-Guillaume Olette-Pelletier says he has identified seven sets of crypto-hieroglyphs on the 75-foot-tall structure, which ...
The Conversation23d
The world’s first museum was curated by a princess. A tour reveals the origins of the zodiac, calculus and writing
Other chapters explore cuneiform script (the world’s first known writing), cities, leadership, education (including some of the earliest doodles by bored students), early scientific developments ...
BBC5d
Of opium, fire temples, and sarees: A peek into the world of India's dwindling Parsis
A mannequin draped in the Parsi Ghara saree and jewellery inspired by Victorian fashion Some of these include cuneiform bricks, terracotta pots, coins and other objects sourced from places like ...