It presents a clear and thoughtful account of attempts to categorize and theorize different types of letter...This book is very successful in terms of its project and the analysis of its themes." ...

The 7th Century stone is inscribed with ancient letters and Christian symbols, and appears to have been used for writing practice. It has been put on display at Tintagel Castle, where it was found.

The site, called Tell Umm el-Marra was an important urban center in Syria and one of the first to ever pop up in the region.

The study of ancient writing, though not an institutionalised field itself, has developed over the past two decades into a dynamic domain of inquiry across specialisms. The series aims to reflect and ...

Archaeologists around the world make discoveries from the past. Take a look at some recent finds. Trnava University via ...

The researchers methodically compared the designs they found on ancient cylinder seals with known proto-cuneiform signs. The ...

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

Long before the “A, B, C Song” — built upon the Latin alphabet — and the alphas, betas and gammas of Ancient Greek, cultures around the world were communicating with one another. The Sumerians of ...

Researchers at Johns Hopkins University discovered evidence of the oldest alphabetic writing in human history. The writing ...

AN awe-inspiring discovery of the oldest known alphabet has been found in a tomb by a group of archaeologists. The ancient ...