| LINGUIST Linguist Shows Ancient Writing Systems | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 6798 |
| Catalog #: | 446500 | |
| Clip Number: | 446500-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | EP 298 | |
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| Location: | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | |
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| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | COMMUNICATIONS: Writing Systems LOCATIONS/SOUTH AMERICA: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro | |
| Description: | LINGUIST Brazilian man who speaks many dead languages. Brazilian linguist Bernardo Ramos who "understands fourteen dead languages but has no one on earth to talk to" shows various ancient writing systems. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil CU thin elderly man in dark suit, starched white collar; behind hima chart with Greek letters on it. MCU Ramos stands beside sign with fancy lettering (in Portuguese) something about Prehistoric Brazil. He rolls up the sign to show a drawing of picture of "quipos" - various types of string tied in knots and loops or beaded, etc.etc.; underneath says "Fragmentos de quipos. Peru." These "quipos" were a writing or at any rate a ledger or history keeping system of the ancient Incas. Ramos rolls up the big scroll more to show several lines of Sanskrit writing. Then Phoenician alphabet. linguistics, history, languages, education, academia, professor, alphabets, writing systems, symbols, communications | |
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