Ancient Greek tablet discovered

10:39 AM, Apr 16, 2011   |    comments
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Ancient Greek Tablet

St. Louis (KSKD) - A clay tablet discovered in a University of Missouri-St. Louis excavation in Greece, is changing what historians believe about the origins of literacy and bureaucracy.

The rare find was unearthed last summer during the UMSL excavation at the site in Iklaina, which sits in the middle of an olive grove in southwest Greece.

To learn more about the ancient tablet, click on the video player.