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Press

Media reports

26.08.2022 Tehran Times: Archaeologists report deciphering Elamite script discovered in southern Iran

23.08.2022 Hindustan Times: Archaeological mystery: Ancient Elamite script from Iran deciphered?

16.08.2022 Deutsche Welle: Alte Schrift im Iran bleibt rätselhaft

03.01.2018 Der Bund: Von Riegeln aus Zedernholz [PDF]

Lecture Slides

Over the past years, several lectures pertaining cross-linguistic decipherment methods and underlying statistical/mathematical/quantitative-linguistic/archaeological subjects have been held by GEAS members at their respective universities. For specific questions concerning the slides and videos displayed below, please contact the GEAS consortium or the lecturer concerned.

Lecture Videos

21.4.2020 Les méthodes computationnelles de déchiffrement des écritures non alphabétiques. Conférence présentée dans le cadre du séminaire de Patrick Michel, Antoine Viredaz, Michiel de Vaan et Francesca Dell’Oro, “Les écritures non alphabétiques de l’Antiquité”

2021 Forum Antike Bern: Elamisch

2021 Forum Antike Bern: Akkadisch