From 24-26 April 2023 the 7th Epigraphy.info workshop will take place in Leuven (at the campus of KU Leuven’s Faculty of Arts). On Monday April 24th, selected participants will be able to attend 2 hands-on training sessions (in collaboration with the ENCODE project) on the application of EpiDoc (with a focus on Mycenean inscriptions) and the use of...
Read More »Un lavoro per il Marmorarius
“Quinto fu impressionato dalla cultura di quella persona che, da quanto diceva lui stesso, nel corso della sua vita era stato uno schiavo, quindi estraneo a qualsiasi istruzione giovanile. Il suo interlocutore non aveva mai sentito nominare i nomi di Nefertiti o Nefertari, non sapeva a chi o a cosa si riferisse, eppure quel racconto lo affascinava e...
Read More »Call for applications: scolarships in computer applications to Epigraphy
The Italian Institute for Ancient History announces a call for applications for two five-month scholarships within the framework of the agreement with the International Federation EAGLE (Europeana network of Ancient Greek and Latin Epigraphy), in order to promote training and specialisation of graduates interested in the field of computer applications to...
Read More »Le due Paresie
– Quanti anni hai, piccolina? – Oh, nemmeno quattro. – Apperò. Come parli bene. – Credo perché sono morta, rispose tristemente la bimba. – Prima era diverso. La nuova storia pubblicata da Giulio Iovine sulle Paresie menzionate da due epitaffi provenienti da Cirene e datati al II secolo d.C. è ora disponibile nella...
Read More »CIEGL Financial support
We are happy to inform you that the IDEA directorial committee met yesterday to evaluate the seven applications we received for the CIEGL financial support call and award the grants. After a thorough review of all the proposals, the committee decided to award a 650€ grant to each of the following candidates: Marta Fogagnolo, who will present a...
Read More »Ithaca: Restoring and attributing Greek inscriptions using Artificial Intelligence
We are pleased to announce the publication of the paper titled “Restoring and attributing ancient texts using deep neural networks” on the cover of this week’s issue of the scientific journal Nature. This work is the result of a collaboration between the Universities of Venice Ca’ Foscari, Oxford and Athens AUEB, and Google’s DeepMind. The...
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