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Matthew Stolper from Chicago’s Oriental Institute examines a tablet on loan from the government of Iran. It’s one of thousands of tablets being imaged for a digital archive.
U. CHICAGO (US)—Thousands of tablets recovered from the palaces of Persepolis, where kings of the ancient Persian Empire held court, are being digitally recorded and archived online by experts at the University of Chicago’s Oriental Institute. Scholars and viewers across the world will be able to examine the tablets as if they had picked them up and rotated them under a light thanks to advanced imaging technology. Continue…
