4,400-year-old text found on clay cylinders in Syria

World's Oldest Alphabet Discovered in Syria
Small clay cylinders from an ancient Syrian tomb have letters etched into them. The 2400-year-old tablets are the oldest writing ever found.
World's oldest ALPHABET discovered: 4,400-year-old text found on clay cylinders in Syria
For centuries, the world believed the ancient Egyptians pioneered the alphabet. Now, a groundbreaking discovery has pushed the origins of alphabetic writing back by a staggering 500 years. Archaeologists at Johns Hopkins University have unearthed clay cylinders,
World's Oldest Alphabet Found on an Ancient Clay Gift Tag
A finger-sized clay cylinder from a tomb in northern Syria appears to be the oldest example of writing using an alphabet rather than hieroglyphs or cuneiform
Ancient writing — using possibly ‘oldest known alphabet’ — unearthed in Syria. See it
At an archaeological excavation site in western Syria, Schwartz unearthed a “finger-length” clay cylinder with etched phonemes, according to the university. The artifact dates to around 2400 B.C., making the clay more than 4,400 years old.
Evidence of oldest known alphabetic writing unearthed in ancient Syrian city
What appears to be evidence of some of the oldest alphabetic writing in human history is etched onto finger-length, clay cylinders excavated from a tomb in Syria by a team of Johns Hopkins University researchers.
World's oldest known alphabet: 4,400-year-old discovery in Syria rewrites history
In a remarkable archaeological breakthrough, researchers from Johns Hopkins University have uncovered what appears to be the oldest known alphabetic writing, etched onto clay cylinders found in a tomb in Syria.
Oldest known alphabetic writing found on clay cylinders in Syria
The findings suggest that the development of writing was more geographically diverse and occurred earlier than previously believed.
Ancient Clay Cylinders Reveal What May Be World's Oldest Alphabetic Writing
The early writing appears to date to around 2400 B.C.—preceding the previous most bygone examples by roughly 500 years.
World's Oldest Alphabet Writings Discovered In Syria, Archaeologists Claim
Long before alphabets came into existence, human civilisations used different means to communicate such as images and hieroglyphics.
Archaeologists Say These Mysterious Markings Could Be the World’s Oldest Known Alphabetic Writing
Found etched into clay cylinders in Syria, the strange symbols date to around 2400 B.C.E.—500 years before other known alphabetic scripts
Ancient Stone Cylinders Reveal Clues To The Oldest Writing System In The World
One of the earliest writing systems in the world may have been influenced by symbols engraved on ancient “cylinder seals.” These small stone cylinders helped people keep track of goods and transactions.
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Oldest known alphabet discovered in Syria
Discover Syria's 2400 BCE alphabet, the oldest known alphabetic writing, reshaping the history of the alphabet's origins.
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Oldest Known Alphabet Unearthed in Ancient City of Syria
BCE clay cylinders with oldest known alphabetic writing were uncovered in Syria, challenging the origins of the alphabet.
Oldest-known alphabet found — it existed 500 years before previous Middle East discovery: scientists
The early human discovery dating back to 2400 BC was made by analyzing clay fragments at a 16-year-long archaeological dig in ...
New Discovery Suggests the Alphabet May Not Have Originated in Egypt After All
Archaeological discoveries indicate that alphabetic writing dates back 500 years earlier than previously believed. What appears to be evidence of the oldest alphabetic writing in human history is ...