Egypt
The Duke Chronicle
- In-person Research On Ancient Manuscripts
Baylor University Fragments of ancient, rare manuscripts of Greek classical poetry, Greek philosophy and Judeo-Christian Scriptures are being retrieved from papier-mâché-like mummy wrappings on loan to Baylor University -- all part of an international...
- Online: Greek, Roman And Byzantine Studies
Duke University A vast list of texts available online at Duke, including Roger S. Bagnall's The Florida Ostraka: Documents from the Roman Army in Upper Egypt (1976) and Ari Z. Bryen's Visibility and Violence in Petitions from Roman Egypt (2008)....
- Exhibition: Text And Textiles
University of Melbourne With photos Rare Greek papyrus texts and Coptic textiles from Egypt form the basis of a dramatic exhibition at the Ian Potter Museum of Art that gives a fascinating insight into ancient lifestyles. Katrina Raymond reports. Papyrus...
- High-tech Imaging Reveals Hidden Past In Ancient Texts
Physorg It might simply look like a smudge, but even the slightest stain on the ancient writing surface of papyrus could obscure a revelation of a past civilization. Now, with the advent of high-tech imaging, some of those secrets could reveal fascinating...
- Online Exhibition: Diversity In The Desert
University of Michigan Papyrus Collection Thanks to the What's New in Papyrology blog for the link to the online exhibtion Diversity in the Desert, Daily Life in Greek and Roman Egypt. This is an excellently presented and informative website, linking...
Egypt
Team gets $800k for papyrus texts
The Duke Chronicle
A faculty-led team has received an $814,000 grant from the Andrew Mellon Foundation to launch a new online system for editing ancient Greek and Latin texts preserved on papyrus.
The team is headed by Joshua Sosin, associate professor of classical studies, and Deborah Jakubs, University librarian and vice provost for library affairs. Over the next year, Sosin, Jakubs and a team of approximately 12 researchers hope to design a program that will integrate ancient text databases from universities across the globe, Sosin said.
The Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri, which contains more than 50,000 published texts, is currently the University's primary collection of ancient documents preserved on different media, according to a University release. This vast compilation, however, can only be edited by Sosin and the few other scholars to whom he grants permission, he said.
- In-person Research On Ancient Manuscripts
Baylor University Fragments of ancient, rare manuscripts of Greek classical poetry, Greek philosophy and Judeo-Christian Scriptures are being retrieved from papier-mâché-like mummy wrappings on loan to Baylor University -- all part of an international...
- Online: Greek, Roman And Byzantine Studies
Duke University A vast list of texts available online at Duke, including Roger S. Bagnall's The Florida Ostraka: Documents from the Roman Army in Upper Egypt (1976) and Ari Z. Bryen's Visibility and Violence in Petitions from Roman Egypt (2008)....
- Exhibition: Text And Textiles
University of Melbourne With photos Rare Greek papyrus texts and Coptic textiles from Egypt form the basis of a dramatic exhibition at the Ian Potter Museum of Art that gives a fascinating insight into ancient lifestyles. Katrina Raymond reports. Papyrus...
- High-tech Imaging Reveals Hidden Past In Ancient Texts
Physorg It might simply look like a smudge, but even the slightest stain on the ancient writing surface of papyrus could obscure a revelation of a past civilization. Now, with the advent of high-tech imaging, some of those secrets could reveal fascinating...
- Online Exhibition: Diversity In The Desert
University of Michigan Papyrus Collection Thanks to the What's New in Papyrology blog for the link to the online exhibtion Diversity in the Desert, Daily Life in Greek and Roman Egypt. This is an excellently presented and informative website, linking...