The first true alphabet was an invention of the Greek world, revolutionizing writing, literacy, and shaping foundations of ...

The earliest known example of alphabetic writing has been discovered etched onto small clay cylinders in an ancient Syrian tomb ... a system of over 1,000 symbols which was mastered by a very ...

For decades, it's been a common belief that the Ancient ... of writing such as hieroglyphs were 'extremely difficult to learn', according to Professor Schwartz. 'There were thousands of symbols ...

The alphabetic writing system was identified on finger-length clay cylinders excavated from a tomb in an ancient Syrian city ... field have concluded that the symbols on the clay cylinders do ...

On ancient cylinders, 6000 years old ... Nonetheless, the idea has surfaced or resurfaced with a thorough analysis of symbols and writing, and necessity might have spawned both forms of communication.

The world's oldest known system of writing was influenced by symbols used for trade — engravings ... in Iraq Who Were the Canaanites, the ancient Biblical people credited with inventing the ...

Researchers may have deciphered the oldest known scrap of alphabetic writing yet discovered ... in a tomb at Tell Umm el-Marra, an ancient city that sits between modern-day Aleppo and the ...

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. The ancient Egyptians invented one of the earliest known writing systems used from around 3000 BC. The symbols they ...

"But references in Old Irish (and later) literature also have characters writing Ogham on sticks to send messages, to record information, and to do magic." According to the Ancient History ...

The writing was etched onto clay cylinders discovered during a dig at an ancient Syrian city. What appears to be evidence of the oldest alphabetic writing in human history is etched onto finger ...