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Queen Cleopatra’s sole surviving handwriting is a single Greek word

The remarkable document is a royal decree dated back to 33 BC

Ancient Greek language to receive global certification for the first time

Linguistic professors and philologists praise the development

Greek inscription in Cypriot syllabary discovery on citadel of ancient Paphos

The inscription was read by Dr Artemis Karnava, one of PULP’s (Palaepaphos Urban Landscape Project) research associates

“Philotimo”: A Greek word packed with so much meaning, it can’t be defined

A virtue and a way of life

The longest word has 172 letters and was concocted by Aristophanes

It is the fictional name of a dish in one of his comedies