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Postby Slava » Wed Nov 09, 2022 6:26 am

No, not the sentence given to the oldest convict, it's the oldest know full sentence in the oldest known alphabet:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/202 ... -lice-comb
Life is like playing chess with chessmen who each have thoughts and feelings and motives of their own.

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