Ancient writing found in Turkmenistan

From: Misha Wolf (Misha.Wolf@reuters.com)
Date: Tue May 15 2001 - 08:09:50 EDT


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A previously unknown civilisation was using writing in Central Asia
4,000 years ago, hundreds of years before Chinese writing developed,
archaeologists have discovered.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_1330000/1330705.stm

Misha

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