2022年11月18日 · Full translation of the Mesha Stele, an ancient Moabite inscription that might reference the “House of David” Mesha Stele. King Mesha of Moab details his victories over Israel—and seemingly the “House of David”—in this ninth-century stela. Photo: Mbzt 2012 / …

2017年3月2日 · Carvings especially make lasting “stone pages.” They can reveal much about ancient law, revolutions and wars, and personal insights into first contact between continents. Even environmental reports can survive for thousands of years. Sometimes, archaeologists find inscriptions unlike any they’ve ever seen before. 10 Philip’s Pillar

Epigraphy (from Ancient Greek ἐπιγραφή (epigraphḗ) 'inscription') is the study of inscriptions, or epigraphs, as writing; it is the science of identifying graphemes, clarifying their meanings, classifying their uses according to dates and cultural contexts, and drawing conclusions about the writing and the writers.

View all five objects in an exhibition that explores the development of writing in Mesopotamia—the wedge-shaped system that we call cuneiform—that was in use for over three thousand years.

3 天之前 · The Greek inscription, however, provided a key to deciphering the other two scripts, as it was written in a language scholars could understand. The Three Scripts. Hieroglyphs: This script was used primarily for religious texts, monuments, and formal inscriptions. It consisted of logograms (symbols representing words or ideas) and phonetic signs ...

Indian epigraphy becomes more widespread over the 1st millennium, engraved on the faces of cliffs, on pillars, on tablets of stone, drawn in caves and on rocks, some gouged into the bedrock. Later they were also inscribed on palm leaves, coins, Indian copper plate …

2025年1月20日 · This basalt slab, etched with a detailed Greek inscription, has provided a wealth of historical insights. And its connection to the Roman Tetrarchy system helps create a unique context of interpretation for the meaning of the boundary stone and the inscription that it carries, one marked by administrative change emerging from political upheaval.