https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/nov/09/oldest-known-written-sentence-discovered-on-a-head-lice-comb
Oldest sentence written in an alphabetic script, that is. The oldest sentences written in cuneiform and hieroglyphics are about a millennium older.
Very erudite slogan. One might imagine they should have inscribed something more direct like "Die, filthy parasites!"
Quote from: NickHarbud on Nov 10, 2022, 11:38 AM
Very erudite slogan. One might imagine they should have inscribed something more direct like "Die, filthy parasites!"
Oh, I remember sitting there, Derbac comb in one hand and squirming child in the other, saying just this. Finds like this certainly humanise the past. :)