Ancient Clay Cylinders Reveal What May Be World's Oldest Alphabetic Writing
Alphabetic writing changed the way people lived ... "But alphabetic characters only refer to the phonetic value of a sign—so the sound 'r' or 'l' or 'm,' etcetera—not syllables or complete words. So, ...
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Ancient Clay Cylinders Reveal What May Be World's Oldest Alphabetic Writing
Alphabetic writing changed the way people lived ... "But alphabetic characters only refer to the phonetic value of a sign—so the sound 'r' or 'l' or 'm,' etcetera—not syllables or complete ...
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Archaeologists Say These Mysterious Markings Could Be the World’s Oldest Known Alphabetic Writing
Before the invention of alphabets, early writing systems—like hieroglyphs and cuneiform—used symbols representing objects or phonetic sounds. Eventually, Proto-Sinaitic script, which ...