Near the end of the 18th century, a Greek monk named Nikodemos was putting together a massive anthology of Byzantine texts on prayer and spirituality, which he would call The Philokalia. He lamented ...

It has been another big week in digital archaeology and history, folks. In this week's Digest, we explore the digitization of Biblical manuscripts, ancient timepieces, Byzantine shipwrecks and the ...

This week, we look at the use of Lego to model ancient technology and then explore the areas of manuscript digitization, 3D printing and reconstructing historical soundscapes. Finally, we head over to ...

This includes 2,99,50,000 pages in June, 3,03,50,000 pages in July and 3,06,65,000 pages in August as per sources from the ministry of culture. In addition to that, the Mission has also catalogued ...

Columba Stewart says preserving Muslim texts is “part of the work of evangelism.” The shooting started right away. Columba Stewart had just touched down in Timbuktu when Islamist militants launched ...

An image of a folio (a page) from a 9th century CE Syriac manuscript from the British Library, providing a good example of the practice of excerpting, one of the non-authorial literary practices that ...

The Vatican Film Library (VFL) at Saint Louis University holds over 40,000 manuscripts from the 4th to the 17th centuries reproduced in microfilm and digital formats principally from the Biblioteca ...

The Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts on Monday announced the launch of a new online Digital Manuscript Collection interface, expanding public access to ancient New Testament ...

When authorities recently seized an ancient Bible at a checkpoint and handed it over to the Department of Antiquities, the incident served as a reminder of the enduring historical and cultural value ...

Culture dept steps up drive with camps, RWAs, and outreach ...