• the Gortyn code is the largest surviving piece of ancient Greek epigraphy?
• a 12th-century epigraph styles the Mahadeva temple (pictured) in Karnataka, India, as "the emperor among temples"?

Facts on topics related to Epigraphy

Latin alphabet

• romanization of Belarusian, the transliteration of Belarusian-language text from the Cyrillic alphabet to the Latin alphabet, is distinct from writing in Łacinka, the historical native Latin alphabet of Belarus?
• scientific transliteration, a method used in linguistics to transliterate Slavic languages from the Cyrillic to the Latin alphabet, was first standardized over a century ago based on the Croatian alphabet?
• during the Lithuanian press ban from 1864 to 1904, it was illegal in Lithuania to print, import, distribute, or possess any publications that were written in the Lithuanian language using the Latin alphabet?
• instead of discarding runes in favour of the Latin alphabet, the Scandinavians developed the extended medieval runes?
• the Maltese alphabet contains 29 letters but does not contain the Latin letter Y?
• the first Swedish alphabet book, the Runa ABC, was mainly intended to teach the runic alphabet in an attempt to supplant the Latin one?

Greek language

• Armenian Byzantinist Hrach Bartikyan wrote the introductions and translated select writings of Procopius, Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus, and John Scylitzes from Greek into Armenian?
• Greek band ONIRAMA’s name comes from the Greek phrase "Onira Mas" meaning "Our Dreams"?
• Sweden could have been represented in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 with the Greek song "Alla"?
• Ludvig Vibe left his position as professor of Greek to become principal of a secondary school?
• Papyrus 110, a Greek manuscript copy of the Gospel of Matthew from the New Testament, may have been composed as early as the 3rd century?
• Sozodont (advertisement pictured) was an extremely popular oral hygiene product whose name came from the Greek meaning "to save the teeth"?
• Uncial 0212 is the first manuscript of Greek Diatessaron, a Gospel harmony, to be discovered in modern time?
• Hermes o Logios (pictured) was the longest-running Greek periodical prior to the outbreak of the Greek War of Independence (1821)?
• Laiko Vima was the only newspaper printed in Greek in the Socialist People's Republic of Albania?
• the Albanian poet Haxhi Shekreti composed the epic Alipashiad in Greek, considering it a more prestigious language in which to praise his master, Ali Pasha of Ioannina?

Archaeology

• "Palestinian archaeology" can refer to a field of archaeological inquiry known as Syro-Palestinian archaeology, and more recently, to archaeological research conducted by Palestinians themselves?
• archaeological excavations near the Andries DuBois House (pictured) in Wallkill, New York, found evidence that it was built half a century later than previously believed?
• archaeological evidence has shown that the Indian threadfish (Alectis indicus) has long been a resource for humans, with prehistoric and more modern sites in the United Arab Emirates preserving its remains?
• archaeologist Eigil Knuth was co-leader of the first Danish Greenland expedition to make use of an airplane, a Tiger Moth?
• archaeologist Francis Turville-Petre, discoverer of Neanderthal remains in Israel, was portrayed in works by authors W. H. Auden and Christopher Isherwood?
• archaeologist Natalia Polosmak has been banned from her best known excavation, the Ice Maiden (pictured), because of ethnic politics?
• British archaeologist J. Desmond Clark discovered a site at Zambia's Kalambo Falls containing artifacts from over 250,000 years of human culture?
• Ahmad Hasan Dani, an expert of South Asian archaeology and Ancient history, was the first Muslim graduate of the Banaras Hindu University?
• George Hedges, a lawyer who represented Hollywood stars and studios, was part of an archaeological team that discovered the remains of the ancient frankincense trading city of Ubar?
• Gumarcaj, in Guatemala, is archaeologically and ethnohistorically the best known of the Late Postclassic highland Maya capitals?