Archaeologists Found an Ancient Tablet With 39 Letters That Don’t Belong to Any Known Language
Archaeologists discovered a basalt tablet in the Bashplemi Lake region of Georgia that features 60 characters across 7 rows, with 39 of the characters belonging to an unknown language. Experts analyzed the tablet and found that the characters bear some similarities to scripts from the Semitic, Brahmani, and North Iberian languages, as well as early […]
Satellites reveal stunningly detailed maps of Earth’s seafloors
A new satellite called the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite has mapped the Earth’s seafloors in unprecedented detail. In just its first year of operation, the SWOT satellite has provided more detailed information about the seafloor than 30 years of data collected by older satellites. The SWOT satellite measures the height of the […]