Valuable Archaeological Findings That Have Shaped History Over Milennia

In Jerusalem’s Hebrew University, an ivory comb bears the oldest known alphabetic sentence. Seventeen letters on this rare Canaanite artifact make history with their ancient script.

This comb, over 3,700 years old, reveals a surprisingly pragmatic wish: ‘May this tusk root out the lice of the hair and beard.’ Far from philosophical musings, it speaks to the everyday concerns of its time.