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Education, ethiopia. A rural elementary school run by the catholic church in the village of grabafila

Religion, ethiopia. 64-year-old meregeta zewde tadesi, a scribe who was trained in gondar, writing a prayer book, bilbala village, near lalibela. A detail of the master writing. He always squats on his haunches and writes on his knee, in the traditional style

Detail of writing on Roman plinth from Moresby near Hadrians Wall in Cumbria, British Museum, Bloomsbury, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

SYRIA Maalula, the last remaining village in Syria where Aramaic is still spoken. This is not part of Wadi al-Nasarah, being a 150 kilometers to the south, but is nevertheless interesting as the majority of the population are Christians, who enjoy the Convent and shrine of saint Tecla being in their midst

Religion, ethiopia. Temple of yeha, c5th bc. Boy and priests showing off manuscripts at the small yeha museum

Religion, ethiopia. Na’akuto la’ab church, 7 kms from lalibela, built in a cave. The priest showing some of the church’s treasures: with a manuscript book depicting the miracles of mary

Religion, ethiopia. Orthodox archbishop gregorius visiting tullo gudo island and monastery of debre zion, lake ziway. Reading ancient parchment bibles and manuscripts stored in church.

Religion, ethiopia. Na’akuto la’ab church, 7 kms from lalibela, built in a cave. The priest showing some of the church’s treasures: with a manuscript book depicting the miracles of mary

Rocks inscribed with Chinese characters at Tianya-Haijiao Tourist Zone, Sanya, Hainan Island, China, Asia

Rocks inscribed with Chinese characters at Tianya-Haijiao Tourist Zone, Sanya, Hainan Island, China, Asia

Rocks inscribed with Chinese characters at Tianya-Haijiao Tourist Zone, Sanya, Hainan Island, China, Asia

Bedroom decoration in The Harem, Topkapi Palace Museum, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Istanbul, Turkey, Europe

Education, ethiopia. A rural elementary school run by the catholic church in the village of grabafila

Rocks inscribed with Chinese characters at Tianya-Haijiao Tourist Zone, Sanya, Hainan Island, China, Asia

Syria, Palmyra Oasis, The Roman City Ruins, Sign Showing The Direction Of The Open Air Roman Theatre

Chicken bus, Guatemala to Quiche, Chichicastenango, Central America, Guatemala. Typical colorful and decorated bus

One of many marble slabs containing text and commentary from the Tripitaka, Kuthodaw Pagoda, Mandalay, Myanmar, (Burma)

Old man reading a book with Arabic script in the village Djabadin near Maalula, Syria, Middle East, Asia

Monument to the Mongolian State Seal, sculpture of a tiger, writing in old Mongolian script, Ulaanbator, Mongolia

Children cycling past the monument to the Mongolian State Seal, sculpture of a tiger, writing in old Mongolian script, Ulaanbator, Mongolia

Gothic Miniscule script on parchment from the Gutenberg Bible dating to circa 1455, originally part of a collection in Leipzig that was lost after 1945; reproduction dating to 1886

Windows with Ornamentic frames at different old Sibirian Wooden Houses, Omsk at the Rivers of Irtisch and Omka, Omsk, Sibiria, Russia, GUS, Europe,

Old Townhouse at the Tarskaya Church, Omsk at the Rivers of Irtisch and Omka, Omsk, Sibiria, Russia, GUS, Europe,

Tuareg script (Tifinagh) on stone, rock carvings, Youf Ahakit, Tassili du Hoggar, Wilaya Tamanrasset, Algeria, Sahara, North Africa

Priest writing ancient Dongba script, hands, Dongba Research Center at the Black Dragon Pool, Lijiang, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Yunnan Province, People's Republic of China, Asia

Priest writing ancient Dongba script, hands, Dongba Research Center at the Black Dragon Pool, Lijiang, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Yunnan Province, People's Republic of China, Asia