The oldest recorded alphabet may be Hebrew. According to a controversial new study by archaeologist and ancient inscription specialist Douglas Petrovich, Israelites in Egypt took 22 ancient ...

The same is true for Arabic - and, as Ms Turkenich found, the bottom half of the Hebrew alphabet. She eventually created 638 characters which cover all possible letter combinations.

A new letter has joined the Hebrew alphabet, the Academy of the Hebrew Language (AHL) announced on Monday in a post on X (formerly Twitter), in what is assumed to be an April Fool's joke.. The new ...