Thursday 21 October 2010

"Visible language" - exhibition and book

New York Times article on the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago's latest exhibition "Visible language : inventions of writing in the ancient Middle East and beyond" - looking at the evolution of writing in Mesopotamia, Egypt, China and Mesoamerica.

The "book of the exhibition" is on order for SOAS Library, but it is already available as a free open-access text. Go to the library catalogue entry and click on the link to download and view this book.

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