Hacker News with Generative AI: Ancient Languages

Cuneiforms: New digital tool for translating ancient texts (sciencedaily.com)
Major milestone reached in digital Cuneiform studies: Researchers present an innovative tool that offers many new possibilities.

Ancient Languages, Archaeology, Digital Tools, Technology, History

31 points by docmechanic 25 days ago | 3 comments

Tom Stevenson on the deciphering of Linear Elamite (lrb.co.uk)

Ancient Languages, History, Archaeology

102 points by eynsham 58 days ago | 24 comments

Tel Dan Stele (wikipedia.org)
The Tel Dan Stele is a fragmentary stele containing an Aramaic inscription which dates to the 9th century BCE. It is the earliest known extra-biblical archaeological reference to the house of David.

Archaeology, History, Ancient Languages, Israel

4 points by handfuloflight 114 days ago | 0 comments

Reading Akkadian cuneiform using natural language processing (2020) (plos.org)

Ancient Languages, History, Archaeology

89 points by Bluestein 256 days ago | 30 comments

Stone with ancient writing system unearthed in garden (bbc.co.uk)

Archaeology, History, Ancient Languages

119 points by gadders 346 days ago | 22 comments