The Greek alphabet may be older than first thought

The Greek alphabet may be older than first thought

Traditionally, scholars have dated the origins of the Greek alphabet to the 8th century BC. However, Associate Professor Willemijn Waal, with the help of a Vici grant, aims to explore whether the alphabet could be several centuries older, originally written on perishable materials like papyrus or wood, universiteitleiden.nl has reported. Since the 1930s, researchers believed in an “alphabetic bang”—the idea that the Greek alphabet suddenly emerg…