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A new way of writing – a script for the Vai language – was invented in Liberia in the early 19th century. Mọmọlu Duwalu Bukẹlẹ later explained how, on the basis of a dream, he invented a full syllabic script – that is, each character represents one syllable. He may also have taken inspiration from an earlier pictographic system. A British naval officer, Lieutenant Frederick Forbes, came across this script in 1849 and sent these two documents to the British Museum. The first, a two-sided document of which we show both sides, is written entirely in the script. The second gives the English equivalents of the characters.

What the Vai Script Reveals About the Evolution of Writing

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A new study sheds new light on What the Vai Script Reveals About the Evolution of Writing. This system is one of about 30 Indigenous languages of Liberia. Written letter shapes evolve over time, but s...

Scientists find a 'Yellow Brick Road' by Liliʻuokalani Ridge Seamounts using the E/V Nautilus

Return to Oz? Follow the underwater ‘Yellow Brick Road’ near Hawaii

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Scientists found an underwater 'Yellow Brick Road' near Hawaii using the E/V Nautilus vessel, while observing the Liliʻuokalani Ridge Seamounts.

Schematic representation of the peopling of Eurasia through repeated waves of expansion from an out of Africa population Hub (grey-shaded area, precise location is not known); the red arrows represents the expansion associated with Initial Upper Paleolithic material culture and the blue arrows the expansion associated with Upper Paleolithic assemblages. Kya= kylo years ago.

Population hub out of Africa can explain Eurasian lineages of Humans

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A new study says that a Population hub out of Africa can explain Eurasian lineages of Humans. This Hub could be in North Africa or West Asia.

Cinnabar stripe on cranium of male individual uncovered at Catalhoyuk, Turkey, by Marco Milella Catalhoyuk Research Project

People in a 9,000 year old city painted their dead

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People in a 9,000 year old city painted their dead in the ancient Neolithic settlement of Çatalhöyük in modern day Turkey.

General view of the discovered ritual installation at site JKSH P52, Jibal al-Khashabiyeh area. © Photo: SEBAP

A 9,000-year-old ritual complex in Jordan

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A 9,000-year-old ritual complex in Jordan has been discovered by archaeologists. This is the oldest such structure in the world to date.

Venus of Willendorf from all four sides.

The Venus of Willendorf

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Due to a new study We now know where the Venus of Willendorf originated. Researchers say its limestone matches that found near Lake Garda in Italy.

Ancient African DNA helps reveal social changes for humans 50,000 years ago

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According to a new study African DNA helps reveal social changes for humans 50,000 years ago, when there was a shift in human history.

Tomb of Egyptian Pharaoh Tutenkhamen Found and Opened

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On November 4, 1922, one of the most famous archaeological discoveries is made, when the tomb of young Egyptian Pharaoh Tutenkhamen (King Tut) was found by Howard Carter in the Valley of the Kings.

Decorated toggle made with red deer antler bone found at Poulton, Cheshire by the Poulton Researcg Project.

Dazzling Iron Age Time Capsule Found in Northwest England

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A team of archaeologists have found a Dazzling Iron Age Time Capsule in Northwest England. It includes 5000 artifacts from 800BC & the first in NW England.