Ancient Greeks created "Excel spreadsheets" on clay tablets

A clay tablet from ancient Greece clearly shows the details of the naval service: on the left are the local names, in the middle the symbols of the sailors and on the right the numbers indicating the number of people.

This fascinating discovery shows that already the ancient Greeks created spreadsheets reminiscent of today's Excelto record administrative and military data. This demonstrates the high level of organisation and record-keeping methods in ancient Greek society.

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