Page 3 - Jerusalem Journal News Today

The 17-letter inscription encourages people to comb their hair to rid themselves of lice, the scientists say.

The earliest full sentence from the earliest alphabet has been found scratched into an ivory comb found in a Canaanite settlement.

Hebrew University unearths ivory comb from 1700 BCE inscribed with plea to eradicate lice—

A recently discovered inscription on an ancient ivory comb is claimed to be the earliest example of a sentence written using an alphabet that would eventually evolve into the set of 26 letters you're translating into words right now.

Israeli archaeologists say they have found an ancient comb dating back to Canaanite times and bearing what is likely the oldest known full sentence in an alphabetical script. The 3,700-year-old inscription encourages people to comb their hair and beards to rid themselves of lice.

The ivory comb from 1700 BCE is inscribed with the first complete sentence ever found in ancient Canaanite.

Archaeologists discovered a whole Canaanite phrase from around 1700 BCE, inscribed on an ivory comb.

An infestation of head lice seems like a rite of passage in many cultures and countries – and it is an affliction that

An overlooked artifact from Tel Lachish is a lice comb bearing an inscription that is the oldest known sentence written using the alphabet.

Inscribed on a Canaanite comb, the words reveal a struggle with head lice