Decipherment of Rongorongo, Minoan script or other unknown written languages.
July 31, 2026 at 5:53 AM
Decipherment of Rongorongo, Minoan script or other unknown written languages.
📜 #OTD in the #History of #Archaeology 27 September 1822, Jean-François Champollion demonstrated a draft translation of the famous #RosettaStone, thereby unlocking the history of #AncientEgypt, beginning the decipherment of voluminous hieroglyphics preserved for the ages.
September 27, 2026 at 4:41 AM
📜 #OTD in the #History of #Archaeology 27 September 1822, Jean-François Champollion demonstrated a draft translation of the famous #RosettaStone, thereby unlocking the history of #AncientEgypt, beginning the decipherment of voluminous hieroglyphics preserved for the ages.
Anatolia’s Lost Language Sidetic Moves Closer to Decipherment as Ancient Side Alphabet Expands to 31 Letters - Arkeonews
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Anatolia’s Lost Language Sidetic Moves Closer to Decipherment as Ancient Side Alphabet Expands to 31 Letters - Arkeonews
Researchers at Side Ancient City in Antalya have raised the known number of Sidetic alphabet letters from 26 to 31, offering new hope for deciphering one of Anatolia’s lost languages.
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June 5, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Anatolia’s Lost Language Sidetic Moves Closer to Decipherment as Ancient Side Alphabet Expands to 31 Letters - Arkeonews
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"There is no official, intermediary time for the sign and its decipherment; it is not a matter of believing, doing, wanting, or knowing."
- Seduction
- Seduction
September 27, 2026 at 12:44 AM
"There is no official, intermediary time for the sign and its decipherment; it is not a matter of believing, doing, wanting, or knowing."
- Seduction
- Seduction
Hopelessly obliterate me, mommy goddess🥵✨️
December 2, 2024 at 8:21 PM
Hopelessly obliterate me, mommy goddess🥵✨️
The pre-Islamic script from Dhofar was undeciphered and therefore there are no inscriptions of this type in #OCIANA. Now we have the decipherment of the main variant of the Dhofari alphabet: t.co/ngtzPB9ZPz
June 5, 2025 at 4:44 PM
The pre-Islamic script from Dhofar was undeciphered and therefore there are no inscriptions of this type in #OCIANA. Now we have the decipherment of the main variant of the Dhofari alphabet: t.co/ngtzPB9ZPz
The first cuneiform text found after George Smith's decipherment of the Epic of Gilgamesh's Flood Tablet in 1872 was a literary text called šarru ana dīni lā iqūl, or 'The King Does Not Regard the Law'.
'The King Does Not Regard the Law' concerns rulers who act out in a state's self-interest:
'The King Does Not Regard the Law' concerns rulers who act out in a state's self-interest:
April 7, 2026 at 2:54 PM
The first cuneiform text found after George Smith's decipherment of the Epic of Gilgamesh's Flood Tablet in 1872 was a literary text called šarru ana dīni lā iqūl, or 'The King Does Not Regard the Law'.
'The King Does Not Regard the Law' concerns rulers who act out in a state's self-interest:
'The King Does Not Regard the Law' concerns rulers who act out in a state's self-interest:
pristine Minoan paradise uncorrupted by Greeks). The decipherment of Linear B did not put an end to the Dorian invasion hypothesis, though! In fact, it helped fuel it further, and the reason comes down to dialectology. 5/
February 25, 2026 at 10:09 PM
pristine Minoan paradise uncorrupted by Greeks). The decipherment of Linear B did not put an end to the Dorian invasion hypothesis, though! In fact, it helped fuel it further, and the reason comes down to dialectology. 5/
Landmark in knowledge: Jean-François Champollion, French philologist, founder of Egyptology, announced decipherment of Rosetta Stone hieroglyphs #OTD 1822. Discovered in 1799, the granodiorite Stele has been most popular display at British Museum from 1802.
Portrait by Cogniet 1831, Musée du Louvre
Portrait by Cogniet 1831, Musée du Louvre
September 27, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Landmark in knowledge: Jean-François Champollion, French philologist, founder of Egyptology, announced decipherment of Rosetta Stone hieroglyphs #OTD 1822. Discovered in 1799, the granodiorite Stele has been most popular display at British Museum from 1802.
Portrait by Cogniet 1831, Musée du Louvre
Portrait by Cogniet 1831, Musée du Louvre
The Decipherment of Michelle’s Patio by Zeep of Alpha Centauri
September 16, 2025 at 10:54 AM
The Decipherment of Michelle’s Patio by Zeep of Alpha Centauri
In the new @londonreview.bsky.social, I wrote about the decipherment of the 4000 year old Linear Elamite script by François Desset www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Tom Stevenson · Beyond Mesopotamia: Linear Elamite Deciphered
Decipherment has attracted more than its fair share of formidable scholars, enthusiastic amateurs and crackpots, all...
www.lrb.co.uk
March 1, 2025 at 2:53 PM
In the new @londonreview.bsky.social, I wrote about the decipherment of the 4000 year old Linear Elamite script by François Desset www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
More Herculaneum carbonised papyrus scroll decipherment. Excellent news for Epicureans and really interesting to see how fast the decipherment of these once unreadable objects is progressing: www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
X-ray reveals ancient Greek author of charred first century BC Vesuvius scroll
Ink traces show text is part of work by Epicurean philosopher Philodemus, burned during AD79 volcano eruption
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May 6, 2025 at 5:51 AM
More Herculaneum carbonised papyrus scroll decipherment. Excellent news for Epicureans and really interesting to see how fast the decipherment of these once unreadable objects is progressing: www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
The Cypriot Syllabary was deciphered fairly early, thanks to some nice bilingual inscriptions, and it was the phonetic values of similar-looking signs in the Cypriot Syllabary that provided one of the keys to the eventual decipherment of Linear B. 18/
February 25, 2026 at 10:09 PM
The Cypriot Syllabary was deciphered fairly early, thanks to some nice bilingual inscriptions, and it was the phonetic values of similar-looking signs in the Cypriot Syllabary that provided one of the keys to the eventual decipherment of Linear B. 18/
If rongorongo is a written language, it would make Rapa Nui one of the few Polynesian cultures known to have developed writing independently.
Yet, its decipherment faces major challenges. (4/6)
Yet, its decipherment faces major challenges. (4/6)
January 23, 2025 at 1:17 PM
If rongorongo is a written language, it would make Rapa Nui one of the few Polynesian cultures known to have developed writing independently.
Yet, its decipherment faces major challenges. (4/6)
Yet, its decipherment faces major challenges. (4/6)
That makes no sense and the hypercaffenation isn’t helping the decipherment
July 18, 2024 at 8:13 PM
That makes no sense and the hypercaffenation isn’t helping the decipherment
‘The word “decipherment” is in a sense a misnomer. Ancient scripts are not ciphers. They were not designed to be unintelligible to outsiders or intentionally deceive.’
@tomstevenson.bsky.social on the recently deciphered Linear Elamite script:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
@tomstevenson.bsky.social on the recently deciphered Linear Elamite script:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Tom Stevenson · Beyond Mesopotamia: Linear Elamite Deciphered
Decipherment has attracted more than its fair share of formidable scholars, enthusiastic amateurs and crackpots, all...
www.lrb.co.uk
February 26, 2025 at 7:46 PM
‘The word “decipherment” is in a sense a misnomer. Ancient scripts are not ciphers. They were not designed to be unintelligible to outsiders or intentionally deceive.’
@tomstevenson.bsky.social on the recently deciphered Linear Elamite script:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
@tomstevenson.bsky.social on the recently deciphered Linear Elamite script:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
My best decipherment:
“They investigated me for month (sic) - found NOTHING!!
So 15 year old charges resulted.
It is a treat to be able to choose one’s time to say goodbye.
Whatcha want me to do - bust out crying!!
NO FUN - NOT WORTH IT!!”
Honestly, I think a fake note would be less weird.
“They investigated me for month (sic) - found NOTHING!!
So 15 year old charges resulted.
It is a treat to be able to choose one’s time to say goodbye.
Whatcha want me to do - bust out crying!!
NO FUN - NOT WORTH IT!!”
Honestly, I think a fake note would be less weird.
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May 6, 2026 at 10:35 PM
My best decipherment:
“They investigated me for month (sic) - found NOTHING!!
So 15 year old charges resulted.
It is a treat to be able to choose one’s time to say goodbye.
Whatcha want me to do - bust out crying!!
NO FUN - NOT WORTH IT!!”
Honestly, I think a fake note would be less weird.
“They investigated me for month (sic) - found NOTHING!!
So 15 year old charges resulted.
It is a treat to be able to choose one’s time to say goodbye.
Whatcha want me to do - bust out crying!!
NO FUN - NOT WORTH IT!!”
Honestly, I think a fake note would be less weird.
(1) that the decipherment of Linear B proved the existence of the Greek language in Greece at this point, so there could have been no Greek invaders, and (2) that there is no archaeological evidence for invaders/migrations because of the strong continuity in material culture. 3/
February 25, 2026 at 10:09 PM
(1) that the decipherment of Linear B proved the existence of the Greek language in Greece at this point, so there could have been no Greek invaders, and (2) that there is no archaeological evidence for invaders/migrations because of the strong continuity in material culture. 3/
The decipherment of Maya hieroglyphic writing took some big steps forward in the 1960s and 70s, and I always loved the alien scripts Star Trek came up with, mostly in the third season.
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November 8, 2025 at 11:49 PM
The decipherment of Maya hieroglyphic writing took some big steps forward in the 1960s and 70s, and I always loved the alien scripts Star Trek came up with, mostly in the third season.
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Tragically, this decipherment was only necessary because of a one-man Spanish Inquisition, a deliberate, decades-long campaign by a single Catholic priest, Diego de Landa, to destroy the Mayan language & culture.
One Catholic Priest Destroyed the Entire Mayan Written Language
The priest, Diego de Landa, wiped out all knowledge of the written language, and nearly destroyed the spoken language too.
churchandstate.org.uk
November 29, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Tragically, this decipherment was only necessary because of a one-man Spanish Inquisition, a deliberate, decades-long campaign by a single Catholic priest, Diego de Landa, to destroy the Mayan language & culture.
Sources cited: Several mutually-contradictory failed decipherment attempts.
September 29, 2024 at 8:47 AM
Sources cited: Several mutually-contradictory failed decipherment attempts.
Until archaeologists turn up way more tablets, unicity distance makes it essentially impossible for any decipherment to gain total acceptance the way Ventris' analysis of Linear B did
June 20, 2026 at 5:17 AM
Until archaeologists turn up way more tablets, unicity distance makes it essentially impossible for any decipherment to gain total acceptance the way Ventris' analysis of Linear B did
In the decipherment of cuneiform truth imitated myth, since the test–of scholars working in isolation to produce basically identical translations of a Babylonian text to prove the method was real–precisely echoes the myth of the LXX:72 sages independently producing the exact same Greek of the Torah
Finally, an article on the decipherment of cuneiform that does justice to the many figures involved, the timeline, competition, and sheer philological grit.
Fascinating and colourful synopsis of how we came to be able to read tablets from ancient Mesopotamia www.smithsonianmag.com/history/myst...
Fascinating and colourful synopsis of how we came to be able to read tablets from ancient Mesopotamia www.smithsonianmag.com/history/myst...
The Mystery of the World's Oldest Writing System Remained Unsolved Until Four Competitive Scholars Raced to Decipher It
In the 1850s, cuneiform was just a series of baffling scratches on clay, waiting to spill the secrets of the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia
www.smithsonianmag.com
February 10, 2025 at 10:11 PM
In the decipherment of cuneiform truth imitated myth, since the test–of scholars working in isolation to produce basically identical translations of a Babylonian text to prove the method was real–precisely echoes the myth of the LXX:72 sages independently producing the exact same Greek of the Torah
Fantastic keynote lecture this evening at the Summer School in Languages and Linguistics at @unileiden.bsky.social.
Ahmad al-Jallad spoke about the decipherment of South Arabic inscription from Dhofar, which was all the rage in the media world-wide last week.
Ahmad al-Jallad spoke about the decipherment of South Arabic inscription from Dhofar, which was all the rage in the media world-wide last week.
July 21, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Fantastic keynote lecture this evening at the Summer School in Languages and Linguistics at @unileiden.bsky.social.
Ahmad al-Jallad spoke about the decipherment of South Arabic inscription from Dhofar, which was all the rage in the media world-wide last week.
Ahmad al-Jallad spoke about the decipherment of South Arabic inscription from Dhofar, which was all the rage in the media world-wide last week.