Oldest known written sentence discovered – on a head-lice comb

Timeless fret over hygiene picked out on engraved Bronze age comb from ancient kingdom of JudahIt ’s a simple sentence that captures the hopes and fears of modern-day parents as much as the bronze age Canaanite who owned the doubled-edged ivory comb on which the words appear.Believed to be the oldest known sentence written in the earliest alphabet, the inscription on the luxury item reads: “May this tusk root out the lice of the hair and the beard.”Continue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - Category: Science Authors: Tags: Language Archaeology Middle East and north Africa Hygiene Written language History Israel Science World news Source Type: news