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Inside Tilla Kari, Tilya-Kori, Madrasah in Registan Square, Samarkand, Uzbekistan. During restoration.

The Taj Mahal mausoleum east side calligraphy of teachings from the Koran in Arabic writing on large pishtaq arch, Uttar Pradesh, India

Sign in Indian script and English for Chet Singh Ghat with mynah birds and pigeons roosting in niches in holy city of Varanasi, India

Entrance to inner courtyard of the Blue Mosque, built in Sultan Ahmet I in 1609, designed by architect Mehmet Aga, Istanbul, Turkey, Europe

Hall of the Scribes and their Textual Legacy, Writing room, Museo Egizio (Egyptian Museum), Turin, Piedmont, Italy

Young Buddhist monk studying scripts in class at Chimi Lhakhang Temple, Punakha Valley, Bhutan, Asia

Banteay Srei Hindu temple, near Angkor, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Siem Reap, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Young Buddhist monk studying scripts in class at Chimi Lhakhang Temple, Punakha Valley, Bhutan, Asia

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

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

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

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)