Great quote from Michel Lejeune
“Il n’y a rien de plus difficile que les solutions de facilité.” “Nothing is more difficult than easy solutions.” – Michel Lejeune His wikipedia biography could sure use some love…
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Linear B Inscribed Handmade Pendants on Etsy
I’ve long wanted some Linear B inscribed jewelry. I couldn’t find any while I was on Crete, so I finally decided to make some. I put up a few extras on Etsy (a-ne-mo i-je-re-ja; e-ra; ka-ke-u; ko-wa;...
View ArticleReading the Iliad
I have a bilingual (Homeric Greek + English) of the Iliad (trans. A.T Murray, ed. William F. Wyatt). The sabre-rattling and violence is not generally my cup of tea, but I’ve been maintaining my pace...
View Article[Thesis Generator] sa-pe-ra vs. sa-pi-da
What do you think? 39 years after the 1973 publication of the 2nd edition of Documents in Mycenaean Greek by John Chadwick and Michael Ventris, I still constantly encounter questions that remain open...
View ArticleAmazing Photographs of the Linear B Tablets at the Ashmolean Museum
Go here for full details on the project and how to download the RTI Viewer: http://sirarthurevans.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/collection/linearb/images.php Please consider making a donation to the Ashmolean Museum...
View ArticleJosé L. Melena and the Pylos Joins
Dr. Melena at the University of the Basque Country is one of my favourite Mycenologists. His writing is, to me, a perfect synthesis of detail-oriented curiosity and evidence-based academic rigor. An...
View ArticleExcellent Linear B Repository
DĀMOS: Database of Mycenaean at Oslo Federico Aurora at the Universitetet i Oslo has completed work on an outstanding repository of Linear B inscriptions. The user interface is absolutely beautiful and...
View ArticleReconstructing Minoan metal vessel crafting techniques
I’m reading a really excellent article on Academia.edu by Christina Clarke from the Proceedings of the 39th Symposium for Archaeometry about her research and adventures in reconstructing metal Minoan...
View ArticleOf kilns and pottery
Each time I go back through photos from Crete, or the lovely book about the kiln found at Kommos, I find myself wondering: where are the pottery words? Linear B needs a word for kiln, for pithos, words...
View ArticleDomain expiring
I've archived this site and it will be going offline in about 6 months. There are other great resources now online! My financial situation has changed and my current hosting option is too expensive. If...
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