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Bulgaria's Burgas Showcases for the first time 7,000-year-old... 'Pre-Alphabetic Writing'
Archaeology in Bulgaria ^ | June 12, 2016 | Ivan Dikov

Posted on 06/13/2016 11:25:52 PM PDT by SunkenCiv

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To: reed13k; SunkenCiv

I was just in Hong Kong and had a discussion about the development of Chinese writing and kanjis. According to the person I was talking to Chinese went through a phase in the distant past where the writing looked like what I would call runes as it looked very similar to European/Middle Eastern runes.


21 posted on 06/15/2016 12:51:49 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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sidebar, I’m thinking here of the Shang connection:
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22 posted on 06/16/2016 10:31:04 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (I'll tell you what's wrong with society -- no one drinks from the skulls of their enemies anymore.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Thanks!


23 posted on 06/16/2016 12:32:51 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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