Posted on 09/14/2006 1:09:26 PM PDT by flevit
A slab inscribed with the oldest writing yet discovered in the New World has been discovered in the Veracruz lowlands in Mexico.
The writing dates back nearly 3000 years to the height of the Olmec culture that was the first Mesoamerican civilisation, Mexican archaeologists report.
Called the Cascajal slab, it had been rescued along with other artefacts from a quarry at Lomas de Tacamichapa, in 1999, where it had been destined for use in road fill.
Isolated symbols have been found on a few Olmec artefacts, but the slab is the first solid evidence of a true written language, says Stephen Houston at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, US, who helped analyse it. (The slab is pictured to the right scroll down for a clear drawing of the inscribed symbols)
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A landfill...oh, Lord....
LOL
No shoes, no shirt, no service.
And I'm sure it's the biggest and the longest, and has the mostest detailed digital map of Atlantis to boot...
Jeez I wish these archo types would lose the "est" suffix from their lexicon. It's getting pretty played-out-est.
This is partial translation:
Honey, when you finish painting the bathroom I have a few other things for you
Beat me too it.
Bring out the 'Oly 'Andgrenade!
That's good!
It's a map of places to cross the border.
Helen Thomas - Cub reporter for the Chihuahua Chronicle
Thanks! :)
KILROY WAS HERE.
"TO KEEP A LIBERAL BUSY FOR 3000 YEARS, PLEASE TURN OVER"
It says exactly the same thing on the other side.
Could be a record of trading transactions or an inventory of spear heads.
Whatever it is, it was important to the person who wrote it. Chiseling in stone is not like writing a post-it note............
"Fred Flintstone, you are fired! Best regards... Mr. Slate."
Looks like .... carrots and ice cream? And an octopus.
1 Dozen Eggs
Quart of Milk
2 Chickens
1 head lettuce
4 Tomatoes
2 cucumbers
Shopping list for Korean Restaurant?............
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