The world of science has been busy this week with numerous findings and discoveries. From pieces of the Challenger shuttle being found at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean to the discovery of the oldest sentence in the earliest alphabetical system known to man carved on an ancient ivory comb, here are the latest updates. High-energy astrophysical neutrinos detected from …
Archaeologists have found the oldest sentence written in Canaanite—the earliest known alphabetical system— carved into an ivory comb. The comb was found in Tel Lachish, Israel in 2017, by a team of archaeologists from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Southern Adventist University, U.S., however, the inscription was discovered as late as December of 2021 as the carving was …
JERUSALEM — Israeli archaeologists have found an ancient comb dating back some 3,700 years ago and bearing what is likely the oldest known full sentence in Canaanite alphabetical script, according to an article published Wednesday. The sentence contains 17 letters that read: “May this tusk root out the lice of the hair and the beard.” Experts say the discovery shines …
