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

The discovery of clay cylinders in Syria could completely change the history of alphabetic writing. Scientists suggest that ...

Four small, clay tablets, unearthed in 2004, are finally gaining attention as possibly the first evidence of an alphabet, but ...

Discover Syria's 2400 BCE alphabet, the oldest known alphabetic writing, reshaping the history of the alphabet's origins.

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

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

At an archaeological excavation site in western Syria, Schwartz unearthed a “finger-length” clay cylinder with etched ...

New evidence of the world's oldest alphabet, carved onto finger-length clay cylinders, outdates other scripts by 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 oldest known alphabetic writing has been found etched onto finger-length clay cylinders unearthed from a tomb in Syria.

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

Year-Old Finger-Length Clay Cylinders Etched With Oldest Known Alphabet Discovered in Ancient Syrian City Researchers believe ...