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Archaeologists Think They’ve Found Missing Link in Origin of the Alphabet

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A three and a half millennia old milk jar fragment unearthed at Tel Lachish in Israel has caused quite a bit of excitement.

When it comes to the fruits of human genius the wheel gets a lot of credit as the most important invention in human history. If you roll the wheel to the side, however, the alphabet and different ways of producing and arranging it, like the printing press, have also had...

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