The researchers methodically compared the designs they found on ancient cylinder seals with known proto-cuneiform signs. The ...

Credit: Glenn Schwartz, Johns Hopkins University A team of Johns Hopkins University researchers has uncovered evidence of ...

Year-Old Finger-Length Clay Cylinders Etched With Oldest Known Alphabet Discovered in Ancient Syrian City Researchers believe ...

A new study revives the old argument that ancient seals came before cuneiform, humanity's earliest known example of writing.

What appears to be evidence of some of the oldest alphabetic writing in human history is etched onto finger-length, clay ...

The oldest known alphabetic writing has been found etched onto finger-length clay cylinders unearthed from a tomb in Syria.

Known as the "zero point of history," the Neolithic-era discoveries highlight ancient lifestyles with carved stones, human ...

Archaeologists from Johns Hopkins University have unearthed what is believed to be the earliest example of alphabetic writing ...