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Galilee hiker stumbles upon 2,800-year-old Assyrian scarab seal
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Origins of world's earliest writing point to symbols on 'seals' used in Mesopotamian trade
throughout the subsequent Babylonian and Assyrian periods. The new study highlights several motifs seen on preliterate cylinder seals. The authors suggest these motifs were developed into signs in ...