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Researchers have discovered and translated the oldest known sentence that was written using letters rather than symbols. The sentence was written about 3700 years ago on an ivory comb in Canaanite script. The writing on the comb reads, ‘May this tusk root out the lice of the hair and the beard.’ The comb was found in Isreal in 2017; however, the researchers did not initially realize that there was writing on the comb. The inscription on the comb was discovered in December 2021. After the inscription was discovered, the researchers attempted to find how long ago the comb was made by carbon dating it. However, they were unable to carbon date the comb, but they believe it was likely made around 1700 BCE.

The first writing systems are believed to have originated in Egypt and Mesopotamia around 5200 years ago. However, these writing systems did not use letters; instead, they used hundreds of different symbols to represent different words, concepts, and ideas. The Canaanite script is the oldest known alphabet and was used in multiple languages. This script had a massive influence on many languages, such as ancient Greek, Hebrew, and Arabic.