The Kafkania pebble Approx. 2.0″ (4.9 cm) long x 1.5″ (4.08 cm.) wide x .6″ (1.62 cm.) thick Two sides, eight signs and one “erroneous” sign Since its discovery on April 1, 1994 (April Fool’s Day), at Kafkania, north of Olympia in West Peloponnese, this galet “pebble” has engendered great controversy about its authenticity. The “Kafkania pebble” was embedded in a […]
Archives for February, 2016
A bi-script, tomb marker from Psykhro, Crete A yellow brick tentatively dated to the Roman period Four lines, 24 alphabetic-Greek characters and three syllabic-Greek characters, dextroverse Approx. 7″ (17.5 cm) high x 6.5″ (16.3 cm) wide x 2.0″ (4.8 cm) deep The confusion regarding its provenience is among the many reasons for Ray Brown’s “proof” […]
This post supplements Around the Mediterranean and challenges assumptions about the scope of Minoan and Mycenaean travel. Two amber talismans from Bernstorff, Germany
A funerary stele at Golgoi 28.3″ (72 cm) high x 37.0″ (94 cm) long One line, eight alphabetic-Greek characters and five syllabic-Greek characters Relative date: 6th cent. BCE Located in the cemetery (necropolis) at Golgoi on Cyprus, this digraphic inscription is found at the base of a stele that includes two profiled lions facing the viewer and a winged […]
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