Glyph Image Manipulation
We’ve been doing extensive work on manipulating glyph images in a variety of ways in recent weeks. We’re doing this so we can produce a large library of samples of …
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COTA Project Update – Glyph and Dictionary Status
The team is making fast work of the first phase of our project, which involves the creation of graphics for the approximately 1,000 hieroglyphics in Budge’s Egyptian dictionary. Progress has …
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Meet The Team – The People Of COTA
The initial COTA team is comprised of over a dozen people that have come together to accomplish a task that was previously thought to be unachievable. Ethan Galstad – founder …
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History Of The COTA Project – The Founder’s Story
For the past twenty years I’ve been busy with software, hardware, and network technology, but I haven’t circled back around to working on interests I had from my younger years …
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Breakthrough In Decoding Of Inca Khipu
The Ancient Inca culture didn’t have what we would consider a form a writing. Instead, the used complex coded knots of string to record information. These knotted strings are called …
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Doing Something That Matters
The COTA project is by no means a simple one. But that doesn’t mean it’s a challenge that should be backed down from. As I’ve written about before, the COTA …
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Symbology – Its Meaning And Intrigue
Symbology is defined as the study and use of symbols. The ancients were masters of symbology – wielding their knowledge of symbols to transfer knowledge to others. Today we use …
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Why A Solution For Fast Translation Is Needed
Untranslated Writings Could Mean Lost History And Knowledge By some estimates there are over 3 million untranslated Sanskrit manuscripts in India that could contain a wealth of information on technology, …
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The Technology Behind COTA
The COTA team is heavily leveraging technology in its efforts to successfully decode and translate ancient heiroglyphics and writings. Some of this technology is being developed in-house, but much of …
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Initial Project Scope
Our initial project involves the following: Creating an online, searchable version of Budge’s Egyptian Dictionary (vol 1 here and vol 2 here), including: Creating new digital glyphs with Adobe Illustrator …
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