What is the Oldest Alphabet in the World? Check What Historians Discovered!

Discover what the oldest alphabet in the world is. Learn how the oldest script has shaped modern writing and transformed ...
Morning Overview on MSN

2,000-year-old code cracked, a Dead Sea Scrolls secret revealed

A 2,000-year-old code that once looked like random scratches on parchment has finally given up its secret, turning a handful of obscure Dead Sea fragments into a new window on one of antiquity’s most ...
Greek Reporter

The Oldest Languages in the World and the Origins of Writing

Ancient written languages emerged as a revolutionary development in human history, allowing civilizations to record important ...
New Scientist

The alphabet may have been invented 500 years earlier than we thought

The early history of the alphabet may require rewriting. Four clay artefacts found at an ancient site in Syria are incised with what is potentially the earliest alphabetic writing ever found. The ...
University of Sheffield

Writing Systems #3 - Let’s Forget the Alphabet

Today, after spending two weeks on Punjabi and its writing system Gurmukhi, it’s time to have a little look at some of the terms I have thrown around in those blogs. Off There are many different ...
The New York Times

A Tour of Writing’s History Bounces From Script to Script

When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. By Martin Puchner THE GREATEST INVENTION A History of the World in Nine Mysterious Scripts By Silvia ...
BBC

What your handwriting says about you

Cursive script for the Roman alphabet can vary from country to country and can reveal much about where and how you were taught, writes Adrienne Bernhard. Cursive eulogies are everywhere these days, ...