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Israeli archeologists have found an ancient comb dating back some 3,700 years ago and bearing what is likely the oldest known full sentence in Canaanite alphabetical script, according to an article ...

In partnership with the Israel Antiquities Authority and The Israel Museum, Southern Adventist University invites the public to see the ivory comb with the oldest deciphered complete alphabetic ...

First sentence ever written in Canaanite language discovered: Plea to eradicate beard lice Hebrew University unearths ivory comb from 1700 BCE inscribed with plea to eradicate lice—"May this [ivory] ...

Nearly 4,000 years ago a population known as the Canaanites became, as far as is known, the first to use an alphabet. This group of people lived in an area known as the Southern Levant – which is now ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An ancient lice comb, believed to be from around 1700 BCE, has on it the oldest known sentence written in first alphabet.Dafna ...

Nov. 9 (UPI) --An ancient ivory comb with the first meaningful Canaanite inscription ever discovered in Israel has been found at Tel Lachish. Dated to 1700 BCE, the inscription confirms through the ...

The Washington Post reports the comb reveals an ancient problem with beard lice. A sentence is inscribed on the comb which translates to: May this tusk root out the lice of the hair and the beard.

Archaeologists in Bavaria, Germany, have discovered the 1,500-year-old grave of a 40- to 50-year-old man who was buried in luxury with a horse and fine weapons—and an intricately carved ivory comb ...

A rare inscription that sheds new light on the use of the Canaanite language about 3,700 years ago has been discovered on an ivory comb in southern Israel, archeologists said yesterday. The comb was ...