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The World's Oldest Alphabet Would Have Been Discovered in Syria
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The oldest alphabet in the world could well come from Syria. On the archaeological site of Umm el-Marra, in the north of the country, researchers have discovered tiny clay cylinders engraved with symbols. Their dating place them more than 500 years before the oldest alphabetic writings known so far. This system, still unread, revives the debate about the origin of the alphabet. It also shakes established certainties. The oldest alphabet in the w…
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