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An ancient Middle Eastern civilization that developed an early alphabet spread its culture far and wide—but not its DNA, finds a 23 April Nature study of hundreds of ancient human genomes.

An ancient Middle Eastern civilization that developed an early alphabet spread its culture far and wide — but not its DNA, finds a 23 April Nature study 1 of hundreds of ancient human genomes.

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Archaeology & History World’s Oldest Alphabet Turns Up in Ancient Syrian Tomb The writing was found on cylinders dating back to around 2400 B.C.E.

Archaeologists say they have uncovered evidence of what may be the world's oldest known alphabet. The alphabetic writing system was identified on finger-length clay cylinders excavated from a tomb ...

Clay objects discovered during a dig at the ancient city of Umm el-Marra were engraved with symbols that may be part of the earliest known alphabet. Glenn Schwartz, Johns Hopkins University (CC BY ...

World Ancient writing — using possibly ‘oldest known alphabet’ — unearthed in Syria. See it By Irene Wright Updated November 21, 2024 2:26 PM ...

Share or comment on this article: World's oldest ALPHABET is discovered: Ancient 4,400-year-old text is found on clay cylinders from a tomb in Syria - and it upends everything we thought we knew ...