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Dating back to approximately 2400 BCE, this discovery predates previously identified alphabetic scripts by about 500 years, ...

At Tell Umm-el Marra, finger-length clay cylinders, unearthed by Johns Hopkins University archaeologists, show engraved symbols—possibly the earliest alphabetic writing—found at this ancient ...