Schwartz discovered the finger-sized cylinder, along with three others bearing similar etchings, in a tomb at Tell Umm ...
Researchers have discovered evidence of the oldest alphabetic writing in human history. The writing was etched onto clay cylinders discovered during a dig at an ancient Syrian city.
Oldest-known alphabet found — it existed 500 years before previous Middle East discovery: scientists
“Without a means to translate the writing, we can only speculate.” The Syrian region is about 875 miles north of the great ...
BCE clay cylinders with oldest known alphabetic writing were uncovered in Syria, challenging the origins of the alphabet.
Another common misconception about ancient Egypt thanks to Hollywood is that all Egyptians were mummified and placed in ...
At an archaeological excavation site in western Syria, Schwartz unearthed a “finger-length” clay cylinder with etched ...
The simple fact is that Black Americans are not on the whole their descendants. They are the descendants of all of Africa, a ...
The dig site contained many ancient tombs dating back to the Early Bronze Age from 3500-2000 BC, with one containing ...
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