A few decades ago, researchers discovered four small clay cylinders marked with strange symbols at an ancient tomb in Syria.

Four clay cylinders inscribed with what might be the oldest known evidence of alphabetic writing are 500 years older than other early alphabets, according to new research.

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

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Although far from the oldest writing we have found, these cylinders are 500 years older than any previously known example of alphabetic script, if that is indeed what they carry.

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