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From Roman London, a Jigsaw Puzzle for the Ages
Archaeologists are piecing together vivid 1,800-year-old frescoes from “thousands upon thousands upon thousands” of plaster ...
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A pandemic journey into the Younger Futhark
Kari Tauring's book explores the 16 "younger" runes, finding their evolved shapes, sounds, and meanings reflected cultural ...
AI helps Latin scholars decipher ancient Roman texts
Around 1,500 Latin inscriptions are discovered every year, offering an invaluable view into the daily life of ancient ...
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6 Minute English / Making old things last longer - BBC
Rob Hello. This is 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English. I’m Rob. Sam And I’m Sam. Rob So, how are you today, Sam? Sam Don’t ask, Rob! Today’s been a nightmare!
How Louis Braille revolutionized a writing system—despite efforts to stop him
Two hundred years ago, the son of a saddler from a rural French village devised a groundbreaking tactile writing method of ...
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The illustrated Old English Hexateuch, Cotton Claudius B.iv : the ...
xvi, 429 pages : 24 cm + "The Old English Hexateuch is a manuscript of the earliest vernacular translation of the Old Testament books of Genesis through Joshua. The texts belong, in part, to the Anglo ...