Egyptian Comb Discovered In Israel Records Humanity’s Struggle With An Ancient Foe

An archaeologist at the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) shows a lice comb from the Bar Kochba Jewish revolt period, excavated from an area in the Judean Desert, in Jerusalem, on March 16, 2021. Israel described the find as one of the most significant since the Dead Sea Scrolls. MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES

Unusual characters written on 3,700 year-old Egyptian ivory comb have led to a unique discovery.

Archeologists have revealed the letters form the first entire sentence in the Canaanite language ever found in Israel, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem announced on Monday.  The results of their study was published in the Jerusalem Journal of Archaeology.