The most important lumps of dry mud in history

Before writing there was what?? According to our best understanding of archaeology before writing came clay tokens. These simple lumps of dry mud played an incredibly important role in human development. They may be responsible for large numbers, writing, administration, board games and everyone's...

24 min - Archaeology & Mysteries - Stefan Milo

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