The alphabetic writing system was identified on finger-length clay cylinders excavated from a tomb in an ancient Syrian city known as Tell Umm-el Marra. The artifacts came to light during a 16 ...
What appears to be evidence of the oldest alphabetic writing in human history is etched onto finger-length, clay cylinders ...
(JTA) — Syria has accused Israel of stealing ancient and valuable Jewish ... Syria accused Israel of smuggling religious books and other artifacts from the Eliyahu Hanavi Synagogue in ...
New evidence of the world's oldest alphabet, carved onto finger-length clay cylinders, outdates other scripts by 500 years.
BCE clay cylinders with oldest known alphabetic writing were uncovered in Syria, challenging the origins of the alphabet.
The writing was etched onto clay cylinders discovered during a dig at an ancient Syrian city ... confirmed the ages of the tombs, the artifacts, and the writing. "Previously, scholars thought ...