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Using Greek alphabet for Romanian words and names
Some of the reviewers of my proposed translation of the Boyla inscription raised the observation that no other inscription is known that...
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peter clings
- Oct 9, 2020
- 8 min
An interpretation of the Buyla inscription
The most intriguing artifact in the Treasure of Nagyszentmiklós is the golden round tray for baptism. More on my critique of the dating...
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peter clings
- Oct 4, 2020
- 3 min
Santnicolau Mare treasury tells more
There is a very interesting collection at the Museum in Vienna called the Treasure of Nagyszentmiklos. It contains various objects of...
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peter clings
- Jul 12, 2020
- 3 min
Archaeology in central Romania
The former capital city of Transylvania is located somewhat in the middle of it. It is called Alba Iulia, but used to be known also as...
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peter clings
- Jun 29, 2020
- 3 min
Communities in Transylvania during the Dark Ages
There are quite a few archaeological sites that belong to the Dark Ages that can be attributed to a Romance speaking population if one...
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peter clings
- Jun 22, 2020
- 1 min
Romania before Romania
The name Romania was that of the Eastern Roman Empire. There is an interesting inscription at Sirmium (Sremska Mitrovica) written on a...
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peter clings
- Jun 8, 2020
- 3 min
Romanians in the ancient Hungarian archives
Extremely little written evidence for daily activities survived from the early Medieval Hungarian Kingdom from before the 13th century....
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peter clings
- Jun 6, 2020
- 2 min
Diploma of the Knights of St. John and the Mongol Invasion
The text lists for the very first time in any official Chancellery documents the Feudal organization of Southern Transylvania and...
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peter clings
- Jun 6, 2020
- 2 min
How could the Mongol invaders defeat the Hungarian Kingdom in one battle only in 1241?
I have found a host of bizarre inconsistencies related to the interpretation of events pertaining to the First invasion of the ...
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peter clings
- Jun 6, 2020
- 2 min
Flaws that facilitated the Mongol Invasion
I believe that Andrew II of Hungary had by mistake opened two wholes in the Eastern natural defence of Transylvania that invited in the...
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peter clings
- Jun 6, 2020
- 3 min
The First Mongol Invasion though Transylvania
There are some very interesting chronicles from the East that shed some light onto the campaigns of the two Mongol generals. That...
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peter clings
- Jun 6, 2020
- 2 min
The old Roman Roads in Romania
I’ve taken my time to mark in black the modern day roads in Romania that were build on top of the ancient Roman Road system in order to...
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peter clings
- Jun 6, 2020
- 4 min
Writing in the Romanian Language the result of a pecuniary conflict
There has never been a greater topic in the history of the old Romanian Culture than that of the beginning of writing in that language...
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