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

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

Researchers at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland say small cylinders made out of clay have the oldest known ...

Long before the “A, B, C Song” — built upon the Latin alphabet — and the alphas, betas and gammas of Ancient Greek ... “Without a means to translate the writing, we can only speculate.” ...

Why do some names get “upcycled” through the years yet others fade away – and what are the rules if you want to change names?

It’s mentioned in an ancient treatise on grammar ... behind a joint Glasgow-Maynooth research project on the old ogham alphabet, the painting develops a theme from the Book of Ballymote ...

First discovered in 2004 but confirmed thanks to recent carbon dating, researchers found the world's oldest alphabet in a Syrian tomb.

What appears to be evidence of the oldest alphabetic writing in human history is etched onto finger-length, clay cylinders ...

The oldest known alphabetic writing has been found etched onto finger-length clay cylinders unearthed from a tomb in Syria.