Smithsonian Magazine13h
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 ...
Scientific American22h
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 ...