• MAIN PAGE
  • LATEST NEWS
    • Lost Cities
    • Archaeology's Greatest Finds
    • Underwater Discoveries
    • Greatest Inventions
    • Studies
    • Blog
  • PHILOSOPHY
  • HISTORY
  • RELIGIONS
    • Africa
    • Anatolia
    • Arabian Peninsula
    • Balkan Region
    • China - East Asia
    • Europe
    • Eurasian Steppe
    • Levant
    • Mesopotamia
    • Oceania - SE Asia
    • Pre-Columbian Civilizations of America
    • Iranian Plateau - Central Asia
    • Indus Valley - South Asia
    • Japan
    • The Archaeologist Editor Group
    • Scientific Studies
    • Aegean Prehistory
    • Historical Period
    • Byzantine Middle Ages
    • Predynastic Period
    • Dynastic Period
    • Greco-Roman Egypt
  • Rome
  • PALEONTOLOGY
  • About us
Menu

The Archaeologist

  • MAIN PAGE
  • LATEST NEWS
  • DISCOVERIES
    • Lost Cities
    • Archaeology's Greatest Finds
    • Underwater Discoveries
    • Greatest Inventions
    • Studies
    • Blog
  • PHILOSOPHY
  • HISTORY
  • RELIGIONS
  • World Civilizations
    • Africa
    • Anatolia
    • Arabian Peninsula
    • Balkan Region
    • China - East Asia
    • Europe
    • Eurasian Steppe
    • Levant
    • Mesopotamia
    • Oceania - SE Asia
    • Pre-Columbian Civilizations of America
    • Iranian Plateau - Central Asia
    • Indus Valley - South Asia
    • Japan
    • The Archaeologist Editor Group
    • Scientific Studies
  • GREECE
    • Aegean Prehistory
    • Historical Period
    • Byzantine Middle Ages
  • Egypt
    • Predynastic Period
    • Dynastic Period
    • Greco-Roman Egypt
  • Rome
  • PALEONTOLOGY
  • About us

Experts May Have Located The Oldest Name In Existence, And It’s Catching Many Off Guard

October 21, 2022

On a tablet carved from clay thousands of years ago, a series of strange markings tell the story of an ancient transaction. But this is much more than a simple receipt. In one corner, a pair of symbols form a word that stands apart from the rest. And it might just be the oldest name ever recorded.

← This Discovery in Egypt Scares Scientists!Strangest Objects Recently Discovered →
Featured
imgi_1_New-Cyprus-Museum-Fereos-Architects1.jpg
Aug 31, 2025
Cyprus Builds an Archaeological Museum for the Future: The Vision Behind the New Cyprus Museum in Nicosia
Aug 31, 2025
Read More →
Aug 31, 2025
imgi_2_Excavations-at-Canhasan-3-Hoyuk (1).jpg
Aug 31, 2025
Archaeologists Discover One of the World’s Oldest Streets in Neolithic Anatolia, Nearly 10,000 Years Old
Aug 31, 2025
Read More →
Aug 31, 2025
imgi_3_timvos-kasta-mousio-maketo.png
Aug 29, 2025
Restoring the Glory of Amphipolis: The Kasta Tomb's Transformation into a Visitor-Focused Museum
Aug 29, 2025
Read More →
Aug 29, 2025
ΜΙΕΖΑ-01 (1).jpg
Aug 29, 2025
Unearthing Aristotle’s Classroom: The Royal Gymnasium of Ancient Mieza
Aug 29, 2025
Read More →
Aug 29, 2025
3,000-Year-Old Axe Discovered in Indonesia Might Have Come from Outer Space
Aug 28, 2025
3,000-Year-Old Axe Discovered in Indonesia Might Have Come from Outer Space
Aug 28, 2025
Read More →
Aug 28, 2025
εικόνα_2025-08-28_205715185.png
Aug 28, 2025
8,800-Year-Old Houses Found on Remote Turkish Island Rewrite the Origins of Aegean Civilization
Aug 28, 2025
Read More →
Aug 28, 2025
read more

Powered by The archaeologist