Category Archives: archeology

  1. Grammar, Forgery, and Forgotten Books

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    November 4, 2023 by libroshombre

                Once upon a time, around 150 BCE, there were two great kingdoms in the eastern Mediterranean that each possessed …
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    Category: archeology, book theft, books, forgery, libraries, library collections, reading, school librarians | Tags: , , , , ,

  2. Ashurbanipal’s Library, Queen Readers, and the Intolerably Stupid

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    May 23, 2022 by libroshombre

                Once upon a time, back when literacy was really rare, no one ever read silently to themselves, and all …
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    Category: archeology, books, librarians, library history, library school, literacy, public libraries, reading, royalty, science | Tags: , , , , ,

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