03. November 2011
13 th update of the Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae

New texts: The materials relating to the text groups recorded to date has been revised and extended considerably.

New functions: For the tombs of the West cemetery in Giza, hieroglyphic word spellings are available in a seperate window for some texts. An English version of the help index for users is now available for English browsers. A new manual (in PDF-Format) for using the Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae can be accessed via the help files (icon in the upper right corner).

22. November 2010
12 th update of the Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae

New texts: The material of the text groups recorded up to this point has been revised and considerably extended.

31 October 2009
11th update of the Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae

31 March 2009
10th update of the Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae

New functions: It is now possible to search for hieroglyphic spellings within the lemma list, and it is possible for TLA users to type in, online, new variants of hieroglyphic spellings for entries in the lemma list (interactive test version). Image data (photographs, drawings) from reference publications are now available for consultation for selected lemmata from the lemma list and for individual texts and objects of a number of corpus segments.

24 December 2008
9th update of the Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae

New functions: Searching within the lemma list may now be narrowed to word classes. The combined occurrence of words may be searched for by their word classes. Analysis of lexical gravity has been introduced as well as representation of statistical data on word frequency and occurrence in the entire database and in segments of the corpus. Keyword analyses may be run, and name registers and word lists for partial corpora generated.

31 October 2008
8th update of the Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae

New texts: The material of the text groups recorded up to this point has been revised and considerably extended. Historical inscriptions of Ramesside times are now being recorded in the framework of a new core theme. The process of entering all letters into the database has been completed
New functions:Direct search for objects and texts by name, search for the combined occurrence of two words, and statistical analysis of a word's collocations have been introduced.

31 Mai 2008
7th update of the Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae

31 October 2007
6th update of the Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae

New texts: The material of the text groups recorded up to this point has been revised and considerably extended.
New functions Personal registration is no longer obligatory. Labels and messages of the display programme's user surface are now in English or German, depending on the language selected in the browser.

31 July 2007
5th update of the Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae

31 October 2006
4th update of the Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae

31 October 2005
3rd update of the Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae

New texts: The material of the text groups recorded up to this point has been revised and considerably extended. For the first time, temple inscriptions of the Greco-Roman period have been added as a new group of texts in cooperation with René Preys (KU Leuven). Text databases have grown to include a total of 440,000 text words.
New material: The Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache has been digitized and lends itself to browsing on-screen. Encoded citation numbers are provided with links allowing users to directly access the material in the Digitized Slip Archive.
New functions: Hieroglyphic citation forms are shown within the lemma list. The search functions of the Digitized Slip Archive have been fully integrated into the Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae. integriert.

15 March 2005
2nd update of the Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae

New texts: The text material at hand has undergone revision and minor extensions
Nee functions: Feature details of the display programme have been corrected. A major innovation has been added: the lemma list may now be searched for English translations of the words to be displayed in overview and detail modes. Session administration has been improved and switched to cookies.

25 December 2004
1st update of the Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae

New texts: Pyramid texts, letters from the Middle Kingdom, late handbooks of priests
New material: The "Vormanuskript" (preliminary manuscript) of the Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache (1906-1909) is now available in digitized form.
New functions: Citations may now be searched for by analyzing the lemma list's hierarchical structure. Citations are sortable by date and shown in concordance format. For complexly organized monuments, the tree-like representation of objects and texts has been improved.
New aids: A mailing list has been created to distribute information on the TLA's progress. For subscription details, please see information under "Contakt". The list may be subscribed under tla-info.

31 October 2004 - 150th birth anniversary of Adolf Erman.
The Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae is for the first time released to the public.