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 ...

Clay objects roughly the size of fingers were discovered during a dig at the ancient city of Umm el-Marra. The engraved symbols may be part of the earliest known alphabet. Credit: Glenn Schwartz ...

The world’s oldest alphabetic writing on clay cylinders unearthed in Syria. Credit: Egisto Sani / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 Archaeologists have uncovered what may be the oldest examples of alphabetic writing in ...

What appears to be evidence of some of the oldest alphabetic writing in human history is etched onto finger-length, clay cylinders excavated from a tomb in Syria by a team of Johns Hopkins University ...

In collaboration with the University of Amsterdam, he co-directed a 16-year excavation at the Tell Umm-el Marra site, one of western Syria’s first medium-sized urban centers. Above: Clay objects ...

Clay objects roughly the size of fingers were discovered during a dig at the ancient city of Umm el-Marra ... clay cylinders excavated from a tomb in Syria by a team of Johns Hopkins University ...

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 ...

An exhibition showcasing the history and culture of Ancient Greece opened in Beijing, China on Thursday, offering a rare glimpse of artifacts on loan from Greek museums. Titled “The Greeks: Agamemnon ...

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