Petronius’ epigraphic habit1

Epigraphic Survey Giza

Since 1988 we have been excavating at Giza, 350 m south of the Great Sphinx and south of the gigantic stone Heit el-Ghurob ("Wall of the Crow"). The concession, 650 m north-south and 250 m east-west (16 ha), extends from the bottom of the slope where Zahi Hawass has excavated the "workers' cemetery" in recent years, to the modern paved road and houses of Nazlet es-Semman and Kafr Gebel. A subst...

MAAYA: Multimedia Methods to Support Maya Epigraphic Analysis

This paper present an overview of a research project integrating epigraphy and computer science, which has developed a number of visual analysis methods for segmentation, classification, indexing, and retrieval of Maya glyphs in ancient codices. The paper summarizes the technical aspects of the methods developed for these tasks, including preparation of source materials, creation of a data repo...

Healing and Healers Inscribed: Epigraphic Bearing on Healing-houses in Early India

Jewish Tuna and Christian Fish: Identifying Religious Affiliation in Epigraphic Sources

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NOTES ON THE SYSTEMATICS OF THE GENUS PRAEPRONOPHILA FORSTER WITH THE DESCRIPTION OF TWO NEW SUBSPECIES OF P. PERPERNA (HEWITSON) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae)

The taxonomy of the genus Praepronophila Forster is briefly revised. The genus includes three species: P. emma, P. petronius and P. perperna. The relationships between P. petronius and P. perperna are evaluated. It is demonstrated that they are allopatric, not sympatric or parapatric along an altitudinal gradient as previously suggested. The two taxa are closely related morphologically, and the...