Eニュース2024年12月9日最古アルファベット

(A research team from a US university has attracted attention by announcing that they have discovered)

A research team from a US university has attracted attention by announcing that they have discovered

(what is believed to be the oldest known alphabet in history in the ruins of an ancient city in Syria.)

what is believed to be the oldest known alphabet in history in the ruins of an ancient city in Syria.

(The "earliest known alphabet" was inscribed on a clay cylinder found in a tomb at Tell Umm al-Marra)

The "earliest known alphabet" was inscribed on a clay cylinder found in a tomb at Tell Umm al-Marra

(in western Syria and is thought to date to around 2400 BC, the statement said.)

in western Syria and is thought to date to around 2400 BC, the statement said.

(The alphabet was thought to have been invented in Egypt after 1900 BC, but this latest discovery, some)

The alphabet was thought to have been invented in Egypt after 1900 BC, but this latest discovery, some

(500 years older and in different locations, is likely to rewrite theories about the origins of the alphabet.)

500 years older and in different locations, is likely to rewrite theories about the origins of the alphabet.