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Workers in the old city of Alalah, possibly stumbled upon the world’s oldest shopping receipt in Turkey, according to the Turkish Minister of Culture and Tourism. A research team has verified that a clay tablet found by the workers contains in cuneiform records of purchases made in the 15th century BCE, IFL Science reported. Turkish Minister of Culture and Tourism, Mehmet Ersoy, announced to the media that the researchers have found the tablet at Eski Alalah, in the southern province of Hatay, IFL Science reported. The site is also known by the name of Aççana Mound. Workers who found the table…

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