Science: Archaeology: Topics: Epigraphy

An independent 'chapter' of the Association Internationale d'Epigraphie Grecque et Latine. Aims, constitution, committee, events, news, jobs and prizes.

A study by University College London of all non-Runic early mediaeval inscribed stones in the British Isles and Brittany. Scope, researchers, and online database.

Professor Ayele Bekerie introduces the various writing systems of Africa including Ancient Egyptian, Meroitic and Ethiopic. Petroglyphs, pictographs, syllabic and alphabetic types.

Project of the University of Virginia to create a searchable database of all the inscriptions from Israel from c.330 BC to 614 AD. Inscriptions from Beth She'arim currently available.

Researcher Tom Malzbender has invented a tool thatlets scholars see ancient inscribed texts in ways never before possible. Illustrated article from Hewlett-Packard Labs.

Describes use of Unicode for encoding dead and academic scripts.

Online searchable database Institut Catholique de Paris (ICP).

Jess Rodrguez Ramos discusses and illustrates the languages and writing systems of Spain and Portugal, including Celtiberian and Sudlusitanian-Tartessian, with selected bibliography.

A non-profit organization whose purpose is to further research in, and the teaching of, Greek and Latin epigraphy in North America. The Society fosters collaboration in the field and facilitates the exchange of scholarly research and discussion, both in the public forum and in published form.

Research facility for the study of Greek and Latin inscriptions and manuscripts in the United States. Its purpose is to foster the study of inscriptions and manuscripts and promote research opportunities for those interested in these primary sources of information for the ancient and medieval world.

Attempt to collect all published and unpublished Neo-Assyrian texts into an electronic database.

The earliest examples of writing may have been discovered in Pakistan, according to archaeologists working on the Harappa project. BBC News report.

A scholarly discussion forum for those people with a professional interest in Greek and Latin epigraphy.

Journal of the German Archaeological Institute, covering many epigraphic topics. Lsts content of recent volumes.

International Journal for Papyrology and Ancient Epigraphics, covering the full spectrum of ancient texts. The articles are written in the author's languages, including English, German, and French.

Ole Hagen argues that this inscription from Minoan Crete is a calendar. Includes drawings of both faces of the disc.