The discovery of clay cylinders in Syria could entirely reshape the history of alphabetic writing, suggesting it may date ...

What appears to be evidence of the oldest alphabetic writing in human history is etched onto finger-length, clay cylinders ...

The early human discovery dating back to 2400 BC was made by analyzing clay fragments at a 16-year-long archaeological dig in ...

The early writing appears to date to around 2400 B.C.—preceding the previous most bygone examples by roughly 500 years.

AN awe-inspiring discovery of the oldest known alphabet has been found in a tomb by a group of archaeologists. The ancient ...

The dig site contained many ancient tombs dating back to the Early Bronze Age from 3500-2000 BC, with one containing ...

The oldest known alphabetic writing has been found etched onto finger-length clay cylinders unearthed from a tomb in Syria.

Ahmad Sofi via Unsplash Long before the “A, B, C Song” — built upon the Latin alphabet — and the alphas, betas and gammas of ...

Year-Old Finger-Length Clay Cylinders Etched With Oldest Known Alphabet Discovered in Ancient Syrian City Researchers believe ...

BCE clay cylinders with oldest known alphabetic writing were uncovered in Syria, challenging the origins of the alphabet.