Links for June 12

Lots of Links!

Medieval bilingual picture book with animals and their sounds.

Prevalent chord structure turns up in many different ways.

Fascinating discovery of writing on palimpsest.

Comedian Eddie Izzard on how Latin is spoken. (Caution: Strong language at times)

Great interactive tool to visualize word origins.

Modern tools being used for innovative research.

Great TED-Talk about the evolution of languages.

Another TED-Talk about global travel in the ancient world.

Super Bowl will not use “L” for 50.

Gamer uses Roman military tactics to conquer.

What the pigs think of us.

More from the CANE blog

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