"The cylinders were perforated, so I'm imagining a string tethering them to another object to act as a label ... Egypt ...

The early human discovery dating back to 2400 BC was made by analyzing clay fragments at a 16-year-long archaeological dig in ...

Although far from the oldest writing we have found, these cylinders are 500 years older than any previously known example of alphabetic script, if that is indeed what they carry.

Archaeologists have uncovered the oldest alphabetic writing ever recorded from a tomb in Syria. Etched onto finger-length ...

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.

In Syria, archaeologists have discovered what may be the oldest evidence of alphabetic writing - abstract characters carved ...

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.

Facing erasure due to climate change, the Pacific Island nation of Tuvalu is digitally backing up everything from its houses ...

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