Long before the “A, B, C Song” — built upon the Latin alphabet — and the alphas, betas and gammas of Ancient Greek, cultures around the world were communicating with one another. The Sumerians of ...

For decades, it's been a common belief that the Ancient Egyptians were responsible ... eventually developing into the Greek and Latin alphabets. Prior to any alphabet, the earlier systems ...

BCE clay cylinders with oldest known alphabetic writing were uncovered in Syria, challenging the origins of the alphabet.