i hope it’s a dirty joke. no really, i do. Oldest Writing Nearly Deciphered The world’s oldest undeciphered writing system is close to being cracked thanks to a new technology and online crowdsourcing. Called proto-Elamite, the writing has its roots in what is now Iran and dates from 3,200 to 3,000 B.C. So far, the 5,000-year-old writing has defied any effort to decode its symbols impressed on clay tablets. Now a high-tech imaging device developed at the Universities of Oxford and Southampton in England might provide the necessary insight to crack the code once and for all. kusoma zaidi ya hadithi hii ya kuvutia …

i hope it’s a dirty joke. no really, i do.

Oldest Writing Nearly Deciphered

The world’s oldest undeciphered writing system is close to being cracked thanks to a new technology and online crowdsourcing.

Called proto-Elamite, the writing has its roots in what is now Iran and dates from 3,200 to 3,000 B.C. So far, the 5,000-year-old writing has defied any effort to decode its symbols impressed on clay tablets.

Now a high-tech imaging device developed at the Universities of Oxford and Southampton in England might provide the necessary insight to crack the code once and for all.

kusoma zaidi ya hadithi hii ya kuvutia …

Source: news.discovery.com

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