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Manuscript page from Timbuktu, Mali, 1731 AD (infosec.pub)
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[–] Paradachshund@lemmy.today 3 points 7 months ago

That's really amazing! As far as I know most languages are pretty unreadable in ancient forms to modern readers. I can definitely say as an English speaker than old English is pretty impenetrable.