5,000-year-old treasure rediscovered in library storage room

October 18, 2005
05-232

5,000-year-old treasure rediscovered in library storage room

弗吉尼亚州

Odum Library Archivist Deborah Davis opens ten small boxes, each containing a unique historical clay tablet.
Odum Library Archivist Deborah Davis opens ten small boxes, each containing a unique historical clay tablet.

Davis said these tablets are some of the earliest samples of writing, but just as important, they reveal a significant part of business exchange, religion, medicine, etc., of ancient everyday life. "And now, we have a part of it," said Davis.

For more information, contact Davis at 333-7150 or dsdavis@valdosta.edu.

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