Four clay cylinders inscribed with what might be the oldest known evidence of alphabetic writing are 500 years older than other early alphabets, according to new research.

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

"Previously, scholars thought the alphabet was invented in or around Egypt sometime after 1900 BCE," Schwartz said. "But our artifacts are older and from a different area on the map, suggesting ...

“Previously, scholars thought the alphabet was invented in or around Egypt sometime after 1900 BC,” said researcher Glenn Schwartz of Johns Hopkins University. “But our artifacts are older ...

“Previously, scholars thought the alphabet was invented in or around Egypt sometime after 1900 BCE,” Glenn Schwartz, a professor of archaeology at Johns Hopkins University, said in a No ...