Tom Metcalfe

2 weeks ago | msn.com | Tom Metcalfe

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2 weeks ago | livescience.com | Tom Metcalfe

Archaeologists in Texas have discovered a cache of ancient hunting weapons, including the remains of poison darts, that is one the earliest collections of hunting weapons ever found in North America. The weapons are about 6,500 years old and were unearthed in a cave over several years of excavations there. They seem to make up a system of interchangeable parts for an atlatl, or spear-thrower.

2 weeks ago | livescience.com | Tom Metcalfe

With so many ancient texts around the world, you might wonder which alphabet was the first to be developed. In other words, what is the oldest confirmed alphabet in the world? Experts told Live Science it was probably the proto-Sinaitic script, which was invented about 4,000 years ago by Canaanite workers at an Egyptian turquoise mine in the Sinai region. The proto-Sinaitic script developed into the Phoenician alphabet, which, in turn, inspired the early Hebrew, Greek and Roman alphabets.

2 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Tom Metcalfe

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2 weeks ago | msn.com | Tom Metcalfe

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