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Archaeologists in Israel have discovered what is thought to be the oldest known sentence written in the earliest alphabet — and the translation is a real chin-scratcher.
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.
Archaeologists discovered a whole Canaanite phrase from around 1700 BCE, inscribed on an ivory comb.
'This is a landmark in the history of the human ability to write,' commented Hebrew University Professor Yosef Garfinkel.