Weird But True 11/15/24
Research ers have discovered evidence of what they say is the world’s oldest alphabet, believed to have existed in the Middle East hundreds of years
The clay objects — about the length of a finger — were perforated, and Schwartz believes they were strung together during their use and operated as an ancient label. The Syrian region is about 875 miles north of the great pyramids of Giza, where ancient Egyptians used hieroglyphics as written communication at least 500 years later.Just south of Syria in modern-day Lebanon around the 11th century BC, the Phonecians — from whom the English word “phonics” derives — are credited with creating “the prototype for all alphabets in the world,”
Human Interest Discovery Johns Hopkins University Language Middle East Research Syria Words
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