Questions tagged [script]
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What script would Homer have used?
I think that Homer, if a real person at all, is usually supposed to have lived in the 8th century BC, that is to say, at the end of the "Greek Dark Ages". That is a few centuries after the ...
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Why do many Indian languages have different alphabets?
I see that German, English and French mostly share the same basic set of alphabet and these are languages are spoken by whole countries but if you go to India, there is a state with a new alphabet set ...
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Which is the first Hindu scripture that mentions zodiac signs by name?
The following are the names of zodiac signs
Mesha (Aries),
Vrushabha (Taurus),
Mithuna (Gemini),
Karkat (Cancer),
Simha (Leo),
Kanya (Virgo),
Tula (Libra),
Vrushchika (Scorpio),
Dhanu (Sagittarius),
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Did the Indus Valley Civilization use cotton as a writing material?
Cross-posted from Skeptics SE
In his book, Science and Secrets of Early Medicine, Jürgen Thorwald writes about the script of the Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa civilizations: (in rough translation)
Seals, ...
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What is the oldest quote or poem in known history?
What is the oldest quote, poem, words of wisdom ever written in known history?
I'm guessing it's Kemetian or Babylonian.
I've read some on the internet that I know from memory but cannot verify them, ...
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What's the explanation for the similarities seen between the Rapa Nui script and the Indus Valley Script?
The Rapa Nui and the Indus Valley Civilization are found 20,000km apart, the former on an isolated island in the Pacific Ocean (Easter Island), and latter in modern day Pakistan.
As far as we know, ...
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Did any Native Americans adopt a script from Europe (before being assimilated)?
As far as I know, no Native Americans developed their own written language. (Correct me if I'm wrong. There may have been some numeral systems, but that's all I'm aware of.)
So now I'm wondering if ...
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What adaptations allowed left-handers to write left-to-right with dip pens?
Most people touch the side of their hand to the page as they write with a pen or pencil. Latin is written from left to right, and culturally its heritage somewhat demonizes left-handers ("sinister"). ...
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What did Ostian script look like?
What did Ostian script look like? I've seen some drawings in Origin of the Serif and I'd like to learn more. But when I tried googling I wasn't able to find anything: all I got were false positives.
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What does the first Versal in Book of Kells refer to?
I have problems deciphering the first versal on folio 179v in the Book of Kells.
I suspect it stand for Jesus? If yes, which letters does it involve? (I suspect the fish is supposed to be a "dash&...
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Did ancient people use punctuation? [closed]
For example, Chinese, Indian,.. did they use something like dot mark to separate sentences? If not, how can they know something is an object of the first sentence or the subject of the latter sentence?...
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What is the current consensus on the origins of the Brahmi script?
There seem to be two hypotheses about the origin of India's Brahmi script: It developed either from the Aramaic script or the Indus Valley script.
Is there any scholarly consensus regarding which of ...
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What are the problems archaeologists face in deciphering the Indus Valley writing?
From this link on Indus Valley writing, I came to know that:
The first Indian script, developed in the Indus Valley around 2600 B.C. is still undeciphered. Thus, it is still not possible to fully ...
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