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