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BBC News: Breakthrough in world’s oldest undeciphered writing

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BBC News: Breakthrough in world’s oldest undeciphered writing

This from an article written by the BBC By Sean Coughlan on 25 October 2012. Let’s revisit this… The world’s oldest undeciphered writing system...

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The Sumerians and the Supernova

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The Sumerians and the Supernova

Some 6,000 years ago, not far from Earth, a dim and unremarkable star suddenly exploded in the violent fireball that modern astronomers call a supernova...

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A glimpse of lost language

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A glimpse of lost language

In the early 1600s in northern Peru, a curious Spaniard jotted down some notes on the back of a letter. Four hundred years later, archaeologists dug up and studied the paper, revealing what appear to be the first traces...

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The Decipherment of Hieroglyphs

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The Decipherment of Hieroglyphs

A Forgotten Script Hieroglyphs dominated the landscape of the Egyptian civilisation. These elaborate symbols were ideal for inscriptions on the walls of majestic temples and monuments...

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Submerged man-made structures 9,500 years old – Near Dwaraka

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Submerged man-made structures 9,500 years old – Near Dwaraka

Marine scientists in India say an archaeological site off India’s western coast may be up to 9,000 years old. Lets revisit the original article posted by the BBC on January 16th, 2002...

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