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Combining high tech with the ancient world

Wayne Pitard, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Posted: February 3, 2009
Talk given: April 16, 2008

Illinois religion professor Wayne Pitard describes the Inscriptifact project, which allows users to access high-resolution images of ancient inscriptions from the Near Eastern and Mediterranean worlds. As an NCSA Faculty Fellow, Pitard collaborated with staff from the Illinois Institute for Computing in the Arts, Humanities, and Social Science (I-CHASS).

Running time: 59:31
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