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

For the first time, too, the museum-going and reading public could examine large samples of the vanished civilization’s writing system, a script that predated Egyptian hieroglyphs by centuries.

ATLANTA — Researchers have uncovered links between what came before the world's oldest writing system and the undeciphered designs left behind on engraved seals that were rolled across clay ...

For centuries, scholars have puzzled over the origins of the world’s first writing system. Now, a study by Italian researchers reveals that some of these earliest proto-cuneiform signs may have ...

Researchers have uncovered links between the precursor to the world’s oldest writing system and the mysterious, intricate designs left behind by engraved cylindrical seals that were rolled ...