The Oldest Alphabet

Documentary BBC REEL


A short documentary for the BBC about the oldest written sentence. The oldest known sentence in the ancient language of Canaanites has been decoded by at team of Israeli archaeologists.
The inscription was discovered on an ivory head-lice comb, unearthed at Tel Lachish, an ancient city in the Biblical Kingdom of Judah

Director: ORI SZTERNFELD

Producers: ORI SZTERNFELD, ZVI LANDSMAN

Editing: NIR GUILAT

Camera: ZVI LANDSMAN

Produced for: BBC REEL

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8NHg82wbsk
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