According to researchers, the spell written on the found ivory comb was formulated with an early form of the alphabet used by ...

An engraving on an ancient lice comb might be the oldest known sentence written in the first alphabet. The doubled-edged ivory comb, which was excavated in Israel, bears an engraved inscription ...

An image released by the Israel Antiquities Authority on Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022, shows an ivory comb with an entire sentence in the Canaanite language, (Dafna Gazit, Israel Antiquities Authority ...

The inscription found on an ivory comb unearthed in Tel Lachish, the second most important city in the Biblical Kingdom of Judah, provides evidence for the use of the alphabet some 3,700 years ago.

The 12th Century Jedburgh comb is made from walrus ivory and finely carved with St George and the dragon. It was displayed at the abbey for decades but disappeared from view in 2022 and was ...