[Stones] Chinese writing '8,000 years old'

[Tim P]

Sorry Ric, follow the link to the BBC and check. I really only check the 
BBC news website, and those in Cheshire & Staffs near to where I live.

Cheers

Tim

Ric wrote:
> Thanks Tim - this is amazing: are there pictures of
> the script, please?
>
> bests,
>
> Ric
>
> --- Tim P <thehermitoftillywhim at tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
>
>   
>>   Chinese writing '8,000 years old'
>> *Chinese archaeologists studying ancient rock
>> carvings say they have 
>> evidence that modern Chinese script is thousands of
>> years older than 
>> previously thought. *
>>
>> State media say researchers identified more than
>> 2,000 pictorial symbols 
>> dating back 8,000 years, on cliff faces in the
>> north-west of the country.
>>
>> They say many of these symbols bear a strong
>> resemblance to later forms 
>> of ancient Chinese characters.
>>
>> Scholars had thought Chinese symbols came into use
>> about 4,500 years ago.
>>
>> The Damaidi carvings, first discovered in the 1980s,
>> cover 15 sq km (5.8 
>> square miles) and feature more than 8,000 individual
>> figures including 
>> the sun, moon, stars, gods and scenes of hunting or
>> grazing.
>>
>>