Today we are announcing a major breakthrough in the Vesuvius Challenge: we have read the first word from an unopened Herculaneum scroll.
The word is "πορφυρας" which means "purple dye" or "cloths of purple."

https://t.co/0EDGBX4t4h

Congratulations to 21yo…

Our aim today is do undo all the good "Hyperlegible" has done the world. With Minecraft.


#linguistics #language #writing #conlang

Some links (calling them "sources" would make this sound more academic than it really is)
Diagraphemes?: http://uu.diva-…

Are animal signals word-like or even sentence-like? Are their sounds and signs somehow meaningful and structured? Let's spend some videos together exploring the possible linguistics of animal communication. In part 1 I'll introduce this series and the many…

Brent Seales, computer science professor at the University of Kentucky, discusses his work to rescue ancient text, such as that buried deep within the carbonized scrolls of Herculaneum.

BREAKTHROUGH: A major announcement on the two-decade journey to uncover…

WATCH THE ANNOUNCEMENT: https://www.youtube.com/live/w0EsoAbRk1M?feature=shared&t=1630

READ MORE: https://uknow.uky.edu/research/breakthrough-discovery-made-within-2000-year-old-herculaneum-scrolls

Find out more @ https://www.scrollprize.org
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I now do a lot of NFT stuff: https://twitter.com/punk9059

The Korean alphabet is surprisingly easy to learn. I can't speak a word but can read most symbols. This video will teach you 90% of what you need to know.