What does the oldest Canaanite phrase ever found contain? ● A protocol for contact with extraterrestrials is being prepared ● More than 90,000 Europeans die annually due to rising temperatures

What does the oldest Canaanite phrase ever found contain?

An Israeli-American team of archaeologists discovered about 45 kilometers from Jerusalem, at the ancient site of Lagish, an artifact containing the oldest Canaanite phrase ever written. It is an ivory comb measuring 3.5 by 2.5 centimeters, inscribed with a seven-word phrase in Canaanite letters, an alphabet invented about 3,800 years ago.

The 3,700-year-old artifact contains archaic characters from the first version of the alphabet and is, as it sounds, the oldest phrase of its kind ever found. Now, if you’re expecting it to contain some ancient teachings, you’d be wrong. In fact, the inscription is about lice. In translation, it would sound like this: May this ivory remove lice from hair and beard!

In addition to being an archaeological first and evidence of the use of the Canaanite alphabet in everyday activities, the artifact also sheds new light on the daily lives of the people of Lachish nearly four millennia ago. In particular, the fact that they were literate and that, despite their social status, even nobles who could afford such an ivory object had hygiene issues that you would associate with poor blankets in particular.

Lagish was one of the most important Canaanite cities in the 2nd millennium BC. and second in importance in the Biblical kingdom of Israel. As for the Canaanites, they are described in biblical texts as opponents of the Israelites. They were later known by the Greek name Phoenicians, because when they founded Carthage in the 9th century BC, they used the name Punic.

A contact protocol with extraterrestrials is being prepared

If an alien civilization contacted us tomorrow, humanity would not know how to respond. A team of specialists from the University of St. Andrews, Scotland, is the third oldest English-speaking university in the world after Oxford and Cambridge.

In fact, the only protocol of its kind was created in 1989, but it was vague and stated that in the case of hypothetical contact, researchers should immediately notify the scientific community, and in the case of confirmed contact, scientists should wait for guidance from the UN. What are the instructions? They don’t say that anymore.

For this purpose, the University of St. Andrews announced the creation of an organization of leading scientists to create a well-thought-out protocol for preparing humanity for possible contact with extraterrestrials.

If they know something we don’t, they haven’t told us yet. Officially, the US Department of Defense recently stated that of more than 140 UFO cases reviewed, there is no real evidence of any extraterrestrial visit to Earth. But this is not the past tense.

More than 90,000 Europeans die from heatstroke every year

The number of victims caused by high temperatures in summer was huge, according to the World Health Organization. The three summer months, June to August, were the warmest in 500 years, and the drought reached levels not seen since the Middle Ages.

About 4,500 people died in Germany, 4,000 in Spain, about 3,200 in Germany and almost 1,000 in Portugal, the WHO report said. Even so, the report is still an estimate as the death toll is likely much higher. Reports are still awaited from several European countries regarding these dire statistics.

Even worse, the situation does not seem to be improving, and with rising temperatures, the death toll is likely to rise even more in the coming years. In fact, the European Environment Agency reports that at least 90,000 deaths could be recorded annually in Europe alone due to the heat, and that’s by 2100. From 1980 to 2020, about 129,000 Europeans lost their lives due to high temperatures.

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