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Let Them Have Bread: The True Meaning Of The Phrygian Word "Bekos", Matthias Ifejika
Let Them Have Bread: The True Meaning Of The Phrygian Word "Bekos", Matthias Ifejika
Matthias Ifejika
The Phrygian word bekos is older than Egyptian but does it really mean bread? Who are these Phrygians whose word for bread is bekos (also written as becos) and where did they come from that this same word also appeared on funerary stelae? The usage of this unique word in both contexts would have made a good philologist – perhaps in those days to say – “objection your majesty! This word although older than our language, does not mean bread”. What could bekos have meant in reality and are there any cognates out there. Pharaoh needs to know the truth …
The Sumerian Grammar: Affixation And Reconstruction Technique, Matthias Ifejika
The Sumerian Grammar: Affixation And Reconstruction Technique, Matthias Ifejika
Matthias Ifejika
The Affixation and Reconstruction Technique (ART) is a method of reconstructing fragmented Sumerian words by affixing the missing vowel to the CV or VC fragment in order to arrive at the exact rendering and remove the problem of ambiguity. Quite a lot of Sumerian words had been restored as fragments and we often assume that such fragments are whole words although they are parts of the whole word. Although the CV fragment can stand on its feet as free morphemes unlike the VC fragment, there is always the need to restore the full word.
The Wise Men From The East - Solving The Sumerian Problem, Matthias Ifejika
The Wise Men From The East - Solving The Sumerian Problem, Matthias Ifejika
Matthias Ifejika
The origin of Sumerians is still a matter of debate and although Near East is well known for its significant role in human history, particularly as a theatre for great historical events, an exhaustive study of the Sumerian language, culture and literature, reveals that the civilization they were talking about originally had nothing to do with ancient Near East. In this extraordinary expose, we will look at the problem of Sumerian once more with the objective of resolving it and addressing other teething linguistic problems, which have not been understood before now.