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Anglo-Saxon runes or Anglo-Frisian runes are runes that were used by the Anglo-Saxons and Medieval Frisians (collectively called Anglo-Frisians) as an alphabet in their native writing system, recording both Old English and Old Frisian (Old English: rūna, ᚱᚢᚾᚪ, "rune").
The Greek-language inscriptions and epigraphy are a major source for understanding of the society, language and history of ancient Greece and other Greek-speaking or Greek-controlled areas. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Greek inscriptions may occur on stone slabs, pottery ostraca , ornaments, and range from simple names to full texts.
The 3rd century inscription also contains what may be the first reference to the Agaw, referring to a people called "Athagaus" (perhaps from ʿAd Agäw). [8] The inscription also notes that in the unnamed King's expedition to the mountains past the Nile, his men were knee-deep in snow. This has been postulated as the Simien Mountains.
The Inscriptiones Graecae (IG), Latin for Greek inscriptions, is an academic project originally begun by the Prussian Academy of Science, and today continued by its successor organisation, the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities. Its aim is to collect and publish all known ancient inscriptions from the mainland and islands of ...
The Canaanite Ivory Comb is a 3,700-year-old artifact discovered in the ruins of Lachish, an ancient Canaanite city-state located in modern-day Israel.Measuring approximately 3.5 by 2.5 centimetres (1.38 by 0.98 in), the comb is made of elephant ivory and contains the earliest known complete sentence written in a phonetic alphabet. [1]
A third 6.3-magnitude quake and 40,000 aftershocks hit 14 days later. Tens of thousands of lives were lost. The aftermath of a deadly earthquake in Hatay, Turkey, is seen on February 9, 2023.
The inscription was found at a burial site on Heilmannstraße (yellow circle). Map of Limes Germanicus, the system of fortifications representing the boundary of Roman control in Upper Germania. The Frankfurt silver inscription is an 18-line Latin engraving on a piece of silver foil, housed in a protective amulet dating to the mid-3rd century AD.
The inscription was determined to be a statement of faith in Jesus Christ, written in Latin. The statement shows that the wearer "was clearly a devout Christian, which is absolutely unusual for ...