Between 1994 and 2010, American and Dutch archaeologists excavated an Early Bronze Age site east of Aleppo, Syria. In a well-preserved tomb, they found skeletons, gold and silver jewelry, cookware, a ...

A recent archaeological discovery could overturn our understanding of the origins of alphabetic writing. Clay cylinders, dated to 2400 BCE, bear inscriptions that might represent the earliest traces ...

The oldest known alphabetic writing has been found etched onto finger-length clay cylinders unearthed from a tomb in Syria. Researchers at the Johns Hopkins University in the US dated the writing to ...

SANTA CRUZ — While a graduate student at Johns Hopkins University, UC Santa Cruz history professor Elaine Sullivan unearthed ancient artifacts in Syria marked with an alphabetic script whose meaning ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. An alphabetic inscription written on a jar fragment found at the site of Tel Lachish in Israel ...

Archaeologists have uncovered the oldest known alphabetic writing in an ancient Syrian city, suggesting alphabets may be ...