HTTP:: Modern Technology Helps Decipher Ancient Aramaic Tablets
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Aramaic is one of the oldest languages on the planet, and it is classified as part of the Afroasiatic language family. The Semitic language's history extends back 3,000 years, during which time it had been used to administer empires, to worship the gods, and also as the language of the commoners, during the Second Temple period of Israel. Various Christian, Jewish and Muslim groups of the Middle East still speak one of its modern forms today. In spite of its longevity, there are still ancient scripts and tablets featuring it that have yet to be deciphered, so experts are now using modern technologies to get the job done, PhysOrg reports. University of Southern California (USC) West Semitic Research Project members are now helping colleagues at the University of Chicago (UC) Oriental Institute obtain highly accurate images of inscriptions that have been laid on clay thousands of years ago. The 700 Aramaic administrative documents were either etched on the clay tablets with!
styluses, or were inked over using early pens and brushes. There are, of course, some tablets that feature both kinds of writing, but the thing is that the passing of time has not been kind to the artifacts. As a result, some of the letters and incisions that were made on the tablets have become invisible under natural light...
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