When the pyramid was first built, it stood 75 feet tall, making it taller than ancient Egypt's Sphinx of Giza. It is part ...

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

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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.

A new discovery of the world's oldest known alphabetic writing was made at Tell Umm-el Marra, an urban site in Syria that can ...

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

Life-size 2nd-3rd century AD Eastern Roman carved limestone bust of wealthy Palmyrene lady. Distinguished line of provenance. Academic report b ...

This discovery, dated to around 2400 BCE, predates previously known alphabetic scripts by approximately 500 years, ...

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 ...

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