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An Ancient Canaanite Inscription Discovered on an Ivory Lice Comb
Evidence of ancient literacy.
The Canaanites who inhabited the Land of Israel for much of the biblical period likely spoke a language almost indistinguishable from ancient Hebrew—as were the many related tongues spoken in what is now Jordan and Lebanon. Originally the Canaanites used a 29-letter alphabet, thought to be the precursor to the 22-letter alphabet used for the earliest Hebrew. Amanda Borschel-Dan describes the recent discovery of one of the earliest inscriptions in this language, found on an ivory comb used to remove lice:
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An Ancient Canaanite Inscription Discovered on an Ivory Lice Comb
Evidence of ancient literacy.