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The Mystery of the World's Oldest Writing System Remained Unsolved Until Four Competitive Scholars Raced to Decipher It
On a late-summer day in 1856, a letter carrier stepped from a mail coach in front of a three-story townhouse in Mayfair, in ...
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The Oldest Writing Systems in the World, Egyptian Comes Second
A hieroglyph stood for individual or combinations of consonants. 3. Akkadian Cuneiform - 2500 BCE Despite having two different languages, the Akkadians adopted the cuneiform writing system with their ...
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Auction begins for Gilgamesh Brewing equipment as company downsizes
Looking for beer from Gilgamesh Brewing? You won't be able to find it in stores or other tap houses anymore. Equipment from the Salem-based brewery started going up for auction Wednesday as the ...