by, Warren W Dexter Originally published in The Midwestern Epigraphic Journal [Editor’s Note: In MEJ 17(1) we celebrated the distin-guished photographic career of Warren W Dexter. I worked on his writeup first because I had the privelage of visiting with him. His earlier work, however, was a team effort with out present honoree Dr Read More
by, John J White, III & Beverley H Moseley, Jr Originally published in The Midwestern Epigraphic Society Newsletter Many of the advertisements for the Metamora Museum of Ethnographic Art feature a photograph of the sculptured stone face shown below. The Museum Director Paul J Hendricks represents this artifact conservatively to be American-made colonial art Read More
By, John J White, III Originally published in The Midwestern Epigraphic Society Journal The author has found so many examples of significant EMSL words that some have become lost for lack of a suitable opportunity for discussion. The most important case is the so called “orphan”, an additional example that should have been explained in Read More
by, John J White, III Originally published in The Midwestern Epigraphic Society Journal The “Last King of the Hsi-Hsia Empire” by Ethel Stewart (previous article) discusses several aspects of Tibetan Buddhism in order to explain the Dene version of this history. There is little unity in this current piece. It is simply a chance Read More
by, Beverley H Moseley, Jr. and John J White, III Originally published in The Midwestern Epigraphic Society Journal It is possible to argue that Robert Martin Gosling (1904-1964) was the greatest field archaeologist and naturalist in Ohio History. This self-educated genius from an enlightened Lancaster, Ohio family (father and four brothers) was a career Read More
By, John J White, III and Beverley H Moseley, Jr. Originally published in The Midwestern Epigraphic Society Journal Our interests include many aspects of ancient culture and cultural diffusion. We are inclined to report on specific artifacts found in books and museums that are relevant to our investigations. Waiting for some organized package of Read More
by, John J White, III, Beverley H. Moseley, Jr., and Charles F. Herberger Originally published in The Midwestern Epigraphic Society Journal [Editor’s Note: The visit of Dr. Charles Herberger to the 2001 MES Symposium prompted us to prepare an update of an old epigraphic diffusion report. It is amazing that this brief message has Read More
By Chao C. Chien Originally published at Diogenes Research There is no longer doubt that the Age of Discovery was not brought on by European explorers. But then, if they did not “discover” the world, who did? Of course, as many overly eager revisionist theorists allege, the Chinese did, basically on account of the Read More