Arabic with street signs (Al-wahid)

Sign from an Arabic fast food restaurant selling halal meat. The sign above reads:Al-wahidlahm halal'The only' or a surnamehalal meatالوحيدلحمlahmmeatκρέας حلالhalaal χαλάλلحم حلالlahm halalhalal meatκρέας χα...

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Was Minoan Greek?

Minoan warriors at Akrotiri,Thera (Santorini) parading Libyan prisoners and local women cheering them.The simple answer is we do not know for sure the nature of the language the Minoans spoke.Many theories mainly coming from Greeks take for granted or they rather imply that the underlying language of  linear A was Greek and therefore the Minoans...

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