The US and Britain have long been considered to have a “special relationship” based on shared culture and history. While from the outside it seemed like a mutual friendship, many British felt otherwise at the beginning of the Second World War. And it wasn’t hard to see why; although America aided Britain, it was not without payment. Many felt that America was taking advantage of a country suffering in war — perhaps an affirmation of their preconceived notion that Americans were “assertive and arrogant”. Read full article here
Research
Researcher uses AI to make texts that are thousands of years old readable
The Gilgamesh Epic, the oldest work of world literature, has been brought back to life by LMU researchers in the Electronic Babylonian Literature project. Using their new Fragmentarium tool, they have discovered hundreds of manuscripts, including the most recent tablet of the Gilgamesh Epic which dates from 130 BC – thousands of years after the earliest known version. This shows how highly valued the Epic was, even at a late period. With the public release of the Fragmentarium, anyone can now explore the thousands of cuneiform fragments and explore the ancient Babylonian literature. Read full article here
Merv
March 12, 2023
