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Macedonia archeologists uncover 4,000 year old writing

Uncovered are the first traces of the old Macedonian language in the country, says"Dr. Dushko Aleksovski, paleolinguistics professor and honorary president of the World Rock Art Academy.

"This is a very rare artifact, the name of the Goddess Vesta is written on it. However, the first written name is Bsefa, which later became Vesta. This is the oldest artifact written in the old Macedonian language discovered on our territory." says Dr. Aleksovski.

The 4,000 year old signs written on the lid of the clay artifact, according to Dr. Aleksovski, are considered as a monumental discovery, first of its kind and very important for the paleolinguistics.

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