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clock-iconVIDEO PUBLISHEDNovember 6, 2024
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The Oldest Text In The World

Humans have been communicating about their experiences and reality for millennia – it just wasn’t written down in ways we would recognize today.

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Writing emerged as a process. Read more about the world's oldest text here.

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ORIGINALLY PUBLISHEDNovember 6, 2024

Written by Dominic Grose

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