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Proto-Elamite, deciphering text

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Ogrim
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22 October 2012 at 10:30am | IP Logged 
Here is a fascinating article on BBC News about the work on deciphering tablets in proto-Elamite, apparently the world's oldest undeciphered writing system:

Breakthrough in world's oldest undeciphered writing
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Hampie
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22 October 2012 at 2:09pm | IP Logged 
Sadly though, we're not going to get to read other stuff than recordkeeping if we ever manage to descipher it :P
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Ogrim
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22 October 2012 at 2:18pm | IP Logged 
True enough, but nevertheless it can give an interesting insight into how society was in that part of the world 5000 years ago.


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