The researchers methodically compared the designs they found on ancient cylinder seals with known proto-cuneiform signs. The ...

At an archaeological excavation site in western Syria, Schwartz unearthed a “finger-length” clay cylinder with etched ...

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What appears to be evidence of some of the oldest alphabetic writing in human history is etched onto finger-length, clay ...

A finger-sized clay cylinder from a tomb in northern Syria appears to be the oldest example of writing using an alphabet ...

Arslan Kaya is a free-standing spire of volcanic rock about 52 feet tall, featuring carvings thought to be around 2,600 years ...

The oldest known alphabetic writing has been found etched onto finger-length clay cylinders unearthed from a tomb in Syria.

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One of the earliest writing systems in the world may have been influenced by symbols engraved on ancient “cylinder seals.” ...

The early writing appears to date to around 2400 B.C.—preceding the previous most bygone examples by roughly 500 years.

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

New evidence of the world's oldest alphabet, carved onto finger-length clay cylinders, outdates other scripts by 500 years.