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| | Ancient Egypt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) |
 | | Recently, however, archeologists have discovered pottery in pre-dynastic Gerzeh, Egypt that depicts artwork that may be the earliest known beginnings of hieroglyphs. |
 | | The town of Gerzeh was a cemetery, and is now named for its modern day location near al-Girza. |
 | | If the pottery, which has been dated to 4000 BC, does indeed include hieroglyphic writing, it is the oldest piece of written language in Egyptian history. |
| www.personal.psu.edu /roe101/art002group8/language.shtml (992 words) |
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