The Ancient Merv Blog has been developed and published using free Internet software blogger.com by Pyra Labs (Copyright ©1999-2007 Google). A pilot version was set up on 10 November 2006 at http://ancient-merv.blogspot.com/. The blog will go live at the same time as the publication of this Internet Archaeology article. The Ancient Merv Blog will be maintained by the Ancient Merv Project, on a weekly basis, for a period of at least 2 years, until August 2009. The blog can be published in its entirety on another Internet domain, should blogger.com cease to exist within this period.
Entries in a blog are called 'posts' and are displayed in chronological order. Every post can consist of a question, picture, video, audio and/or links, and can deal with a question or a discussion. There can be several topics running simultaneously, and a number of topics will be instigated by Ancient Merv Project team members, hopefully to spark debate.
Initially, the blog has a maximum of 100 posts on the main page, but this can be extended if needed.
The public will have free access to view the blog – there are no restricted areas within the blog – but only Blog-members can leave comments. Anyone who wishes to become part of the Ancient Merv Blog can send an email request to the authors, after which an invitation to become a Blog-member will be sent out: this will contain terms on copyright and acceptable use policies.
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Last updated: Mon Sept 29 2008