The Mystery of the World’s Oldest Writing System Remained Unsolved Until Four Competitive Scholars Raced to Decipher It [Shared]

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The Mystery of the World’s Oldest Writing System Remained Unsolved Until Four Competitive Scholars Raced to Decipher It 

The image features a large, ancient cylindrical stone tablet with cuneiform inscriptions, prominently displayed on the left side. The tablet shows signs of age and damage, with visible cracks and chips, indicating its historical significance. The cuneiform script is densely packed, suggesting a lengthy text.</p> <p>To the right of the tablet, there are four portraits of men, each in a different style and era. The topmost portrait is a sepia-toned drawing of a man with a mustache and hair parted to the side, wearing a bow tie and a suit. The second portrait is a black and white photograph of a man with a receding hairline and a stern expression, dressed in a dark suit. The third portrait is a color photograph of a man with glasses, wearing a white shirt and a dark jacket. The bottommost portrait is a sepia-toned drawing of a man with a mustache and hair parted to the side, wearing a bow tie and a suit. The portraits are arranged vertically, with the tablet serving as a backdrop.</p> <p>Provided by @altbot, generated privately and locally using Ovis2-8B

In the 1850s, cuneiform was just a series of baffling scratches on clay, waiting to spill the secrets of the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia

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