From the May 13th New York Times

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In Ruin, Symbols on a Stone Hint at a Lost Asian Culture

 

By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD

 

In an unexpected benefit of the cold war's end, Russian and American

archaeologists say they have discovered an ancient civilization that thrived

in Central Asia more than 4,000 years ago, before being lost in the sweep of

history.

 

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In the most recent and provocative discovery, Dr. Hiebert uncovered a small

stone object engraved with four or five red-colored symbols or letters that

apparently bear no resemblance to any other writing system of the time. Other

scholars agreed that the symbols seemed to be unlike contemporary scripts in

Mesopotamia, Iran or the Indus River valley.

 

 

Rest of article available on the Times web site.

 

 

 

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