Ancient Egyptians wrote the letter upside down, creating a symbol that resembled a steer with horns. Learn the surprising ...

A finger-sized clay cylinder from a tomb in northern Syria appears to be the oldest example of writing using an alphabet ...

The early human discovery dating back to 2400 BC was made by analyzing clay fragments at a 16-year-long archaeological dig in ...

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

This results in 46 distinct letters, almost double the number used in the English alphabet. The phonology of Japanese is mercifully quite simple. If we were to use a syllabic writing system for ...

Let CBBC's Naomi Wilkinson bring the alphabet to life with this memorable song and movement routine. This song might also help pupils learning English as an additional language. This Bitesize ...

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