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  1. The oldest known sentence in the #AncientLanguage of Canaanites has been decoded by at team of Israeli #archaeologists, unearthed at #TelLachish, an ancient city in the #Biblical #KingdomOfJudah.

    Experts translated the comb to read: “May this tusk root out the lice of the hair and the beard.”

    The landmark discovery provides evidence for the use of the #alphabet 3,700 years ago.

    youtube.com/watch?v=B8NHg82wbs

    #Archeology #History #Bible via @BBCWorld