Tagged “Archaeology and Early Writing”
Browse Tagged “Archaeology and Early Writing” from the Canadian Macedonian Heritage Society archive, library and community collections.
The Making of the Slavs and The Invention of the Slavic Fairytale March 3, 2024
The Making of the Slavs and The Invention of the Slavic Fairytale March 3, 2024 Presentation1a.pdf
Reassessing the Demotic Text of the Rosetta Stone
On Sunday, May 15, 2011, the Canadian Macedonian Historical Society (CMHS) hosted a landmark inaugural Skype lecture featuring Dr. Tome Boshevski and Dr. Aristotel Tentov, who presented their pioneering research into the middle text of the Rosetta Stone. The researchers identified this script—historically categorized as Demotic—as the language of the ancient Macedonians who ruled Egypt during the Ptolemaic period. Utilizing a "wiring for sound" methodology to identify 27 consonants and 8 vowels, they revealed a sophisticated syllabic script with a complex grammatical structure that shares characteristics with modern Slavic languages. This methodology was successfully applied to other ancient artifacts, such as the Canopus Decree and items from the Vincha culture, suggesting a remarkable linguistic continuity dating back to 3000 B.C. The lecturers concluded that the Rosetta Stone served as a multi-ethnic communication tool, with the Macedonian text providing significantly more detail than the Greek version, thereby offering profound new implications for the study of historical linguistics and the enduring legacy of the ancient Macedonian language.
Ancient Rock Carvings in Macedonia with Vasil Ilov
Organized by the Canadian Macedonian Historical Society (CMHS) in 1999, the lecture Ancient Rock Carvings in Macedonia by Vasil Ilov represents an important contribution to the study of Macedonia’s prehistoric and protohistoric past, focusing on one of the oldest and least understood forms of human expression: rock carvings, or petroglyphs. Through this lecture, preserved in the CMHS archival lecture series, Ilov explores the archaeological significance of ancient carvings discovered throughout Macedonia, situating them within broader questions of early human spirituality, communication, astronomy, ritual, and social organization. His presentation highlights the importance of Macedonia as a prehistoric cultural landscape, emphasizing that its rocky terrain contains evidence of human symbolic activity stretching back thousands of years. Recent institutional and archaeological documentation confirms the significance of Macedonian rock art, particularly in areas such as Kratovo and the Osogovo region, where extensive rock carvings have been recorded and studied.
Dr. Dusko Aleksovski on Macedonian Rock Art
Unearthing the Roots of Civilization—Macedonian Rock Art and Paleo-Linguistics TORONTO, April 4, 1993 – The Canadian Macedonian Heritage Society (CMHS) hosted a groundbreaking lecture featuring Dr. Dusko Aleksovski, a renowned linguist and archaeologist. The presentation revealed startling evidence from the Republic of Macedonia that challenges traditional timelines of world history and the origins of literacy. The Discovery: Rock Art as Proto-Writing Dr.
