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Worlds oldest smiley face?


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Is this the world's oldest emoji? 'Smiley face' is found carved onto a 3,700-year-old pitcher in Turkey

    The world's first emoji may have been carved in Turkey in 1700 BC
    A 3,700-year-old sherbet pitcher was found marked with a smiley face
    It was found during excavations of the ancient city of Karkamış near Syria
    Earlier this year archaeologists claimed the original smiley face was drawn by a 17th century Slovakian lawyer


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-4710138/Smiley-face-carved-3-700-year-old-pitcher.html#ixzz4nIfJ7clS


 

 

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aww that's rather sweet.

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I wonder if there is a modern bias going on here. What if it was originally created as an abstract design or some forgotten symbol, but we have interpreted as a smiley face since it is something we are familiar with?

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