The discovery of clay cylinders in Syria could completely change the history of alphabetic writing. Scientists suggest that ...

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

Credit: Glenn Schwartz, Johns Hopkins University A team of Johns Hopkins University researchers has uncovered evidence of ...

Four small, clay tablets, unearthed in 2004, are finally gaining attention as possibly the first evidence of an alphabet, but ...

What has been described as the world's oldest alphabet, inscribed on a series of inscriptions on clay fragments - dating back ...

A group of archaeologists from the Johns Hopkins University made a discovery that could rewrite the story of the origins ...

Discover Syria's 2400 BCE alphabet, the oldest known alphabetic writing, reshaping the history of the alphabet's origins.

Small clay cylinders from an ancient Syrian tomb have letters etched into them. The 2400-year-old tablets are the oldest ...

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

Archaeological discoveries indicate that alphabetic writing dates back 500 years earlier than previously believed. What ...

Found etched into clay cylinders in Syria, the strange symbols date to around 2400 B.C.E.—500 years before other known ...

The text was inscribed on finger-length clay cylinders buried in a tomb at Tell Umm-el Marra which is thought to have been ...