by Tom Palaima Robert M. Armstrong Centennial Professor of Classics Director, Program in Aegean Scripts and Prehistory Ten years ago I wrote a feature piece for the Times Higher Education on mentors as a kind of endangered species (see PDF version here). In thinking back now on the nearly fifty… read more
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Personal and PASPian Perspectives on ‘Mysteries Revisited’ : Alice Kober, John Franklin Daniel, Michael Ventris and Emmett L. Bennett, Jr. as Founders of Scientific Research on Aegean and Cypriote Scripts
by Tom Palaima Robert M. Armstrong Centennial Professor of Classics Director, Program in Aegean Scripts and Prehistory In December 1946, in a clear sloping hand, on super-thin post-war paper, Kober wrote Sir John Myres: ‘I must confess, strong as the statement sounds, that I would gladly go to the ends… read more
Linear B Down Under: An Exhibit on Decipherment at Macquarie University, Sydney
by Susan Lupack Senior Lecturer of Greek and Roman Archaeology Director, Bachelors of Archaeology Macquarie University Co-Director Perachora Peninsula Archaeological Project I cannot tell you how incredibly excited and proud I am that some of the most significant artefacts documenting the decipherment of Linear B are now on display… read more