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

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

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

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

Just outside the Syrian city of Aleppo, archaeologists have discovered what may be the oldest example of alphabetic writing ...

A finger-sized clay cylinder from a tomb in northern Syria appears to be the oldest example of writing using an alphabet ...

Indonesia's National Library, or Perpustakaan Nasional (Perpusnas), has managed to conduct preservation measures on 19,726 ...

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

Archaeologists have uncovered what could be the oldest alphabet in human history, etched onto small clay cylinders discovered ...

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

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