Coming this fall will be Visible Language: Inventions of Writing in the Ancient Middle East.
Should be pretty cool.
My husband has been working on various behind-the-scenes stuff for the show, one of which is this awesome, awesome video showing the evolution of signs from Egyptian hieroglyphs to our own alphabet. The link goes to the OI's Facebook page, which you should be able to view even if you aren't a member of Facebook. There are some other sneak-peaks of the upcoming show there too.
It's both an excellent explanatory tool, but I'm also very impressed with the video in general. Very awesome.
I know many of you are interested in the origins of writing, etc., so I thought you'd especially enjoy this. Even if you can't make it to Chicago for the show, I do encourage you to check out the OI Facebook presence and the website for all kinds of fun photos and videos and other snippets of info.
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You're right! I do find this interesting!
You were one of the people I was thinking of in particular.
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Fascinating.
My DH made this remark that I never go anywhere, which rankles and I am taking as a challenge to boot me out of my comfort zone. Hmph!
I must get down there. Maybe even by my own self.
Alwen, if you do plan to come on the train or something, let me know. I'll be happy to meet you at the OI and show you around if you like!
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