Tuesday, August 5

UCL Study Day: Writing and Language in the Ancient World

ALL AGES

A study day at UCL for school students interested in studying the ancient world at university. Talks on cuneiform, Mycenaean Greek, Sanskrit

By UCL Department of Greek and Latin

Date and time

Location

UCL Institute of Archaeology

31-34 Gordon Square London WC1H 0PY United Kingdom

Agenda

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Mark Weeden: Cuneiform writing and its many languages

11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

Stephen Colvin: Mycenaean Greek

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Maddalena Italia: Writing Sanskrit - the Devanagari Script

3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Mark Weeden: Anatolian Hieroglyphs

About this event

Event lasts 7 hours
ALL AGES
No venue parking

Frequently asked questions

Can I bring my parents?

Yes, they are very welcome, but we need them to register for the event separately so we have an idea of numbers

What kind of things will I learn?

how modern scholars have deciphered a selection of ancient scripts (Cuneiform, Anatolian Hieroglyphs, Linear B), how they write sounds, what kind of languages and documents/literature are written with these ancient scripts (including Sanskrit), how to write your name in some of the ancient scripts.

Do I need to have any previous knowledge of ancient languages or the ancient world?

No.

Organized by

UCL Department of Greek and Latin