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Archaeologists Say These Mysterious Markings Could Be the World’s Oldest Known Alphabetic WritingFound etched into clay cylinders in Syria, the strange symbols date to around 2400 B.C.E.—500 years before other known ...
Four clay cylinders inscribed with what might be the oldest known evidence of alphabetic writing are 500 years older than other early alphabets, according to new research.
The early writing appears to date to around 2400 B.C.—preceding the previous most bygone examples by roughly 500 years.
Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., November 22, 2024. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid Wall Street closed higher on Friday, with all three major ...
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