1,300-year-old Islamic note may solve mystery
Tuesday, November 18, 2008 - 13:28
in Paleontology & Archaeology
An Arabic traveler who engraved his name on a block of red sandstone over 1,300 years ago may help solve a question about the Qur'an that has vexed historians for hundreds of years: Why was the text seemingly written without diacritical marks?