James Anthony Onley of DLME partner the Qatar National Library explores rare archival photos, maps, video, audio, and documents from the collections of the Qatar Digital Library to reveal the the Persian Gulf country’s maritime history and heritage. http://stories.dlme.clir.org/qatars-maritime-history-and-heritage/
Digital Library of the Middle East curatorial lead and Egyptologist Elizabeth Waraksa investigates how ancient Egyptian female figurines were used in magico-medical rites designed to preserve bodily health through protection and healing. http://stories.dlme.clir.org/piecing-together-the-ritual-use-of-egyptian-female-figurines/
Egyptologist Jacco Dieleman offers the first case study using the Digital Library of the Middle East and identifies ancient Egyptian papyri using the DLME’s search functionality. http://stories.dlme.clir.org/identifying-papyri/
Peter Herdrich and Katie Paul of the Antiquities Coalition examine how by providing inventories, cataloguing and documenting objects, and digitizing records, the DLME directly supports the worldwide effort to combat looting and the illicit trade in cultural heritage objects and pushes back against the forces that would plunder our culture to finance terror and oppress Read More