A finger-sized clay cylinder from a tomb in northern Syria appears to be the oldest example of writing using an alphabet rather than hieroglyphs or cuneiform

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World’s Oldest Alphabet Discovered

Archaeologists have discovered the world's oldest alphabetic writing, engraved on a finger-sized clay cylinder found during excavations at a tomb in Syria.

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4,000-Year-Old Alphabet Discovered in Ancient Syrian Tomb

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November 24, 2024.- A team of archaeologists found clay cylinders of the length of a finger, which date from about 2400 BC in the Tel Um Al-Mara area, in the east of Aleppo province, in northern Syria. According to what was disseminated by local media here, the archeological ...

24 de noviembre de 2024.- Un equipo de arqueólogos encontró cilindros de arcilla del largo de un dedo, que datan de alrededor del 2400 a. C. en la zona de Tel Um Al-Mara, en el este de la provincia de Alepo, en el norte de Siria.
De acuerdo con lo difundido por medios de prensa locales aquí, los ...

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Syria Discovers the World’s Oldest Alphabet · Global Voices

Archaeologists have uncovered the oldest alphabet in human history. Small clay cylinders from an ancient Syrian tomb show clear markings of letters etched into them.  Using carbon dating, researchers have established that the pieces of clay and the tomb they were in date back to 2400 BC. This means the writing predates other early alphabets by 500 years. This completely changes our belief about the origins of alphabets in early civilizations. Mo…

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