World’s oldest writing system may have its origins in mysterious, undeciphered symbols
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来自MSN1 个月
The World's Earliest Writing System May Have Been Influenced by Older Symbols Found on ...
Now, a new paper suggests that one of the world’s earliest writing systems may have been influenced by older symbols engraved on small cylinders. These stone “cylinder seals” helped our ...
Ancient Clay Cylinders Reveal What May Be World's Oldest Alphabetic Writing
The early writing appears to date to around 2400 B.C.—preceding the previous most bygone examples by roughly 500 years.
New Scientist1 个月
Ancient Mesopotamian clay seals offer clues to the origin of writing
Before Mesopotamian people invented writing, they used cylinder seals to press patterns into wet clay – and some of the ...
Business Insider9 年
Map of how the world's first major written languages spread
The introduction of writing systems changed the world. It allowed humans to physically express thoughts and language, as well as record events for future generations to study. Although different ...
Archaeology breakthrough as scientists may have pinpointed the 'origin of writing'
Recent research has led to new conclusions about the origin of writing with important new understanding on human cognitive ...
Smithsonian Magazine24 天
Archaeologists Say These Mysterious Markings Could Be the World’s Oldest Known Alphabetic ...
They’ve now concluded that those symbols are letters—and they may be the world’s oldest known ... Before the invention of alphabets, early writing systems—like hieroglyphs and cuneiform ...