Ancient Alphabet Found in Syria
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Oldest Known Alphabet Unearthed in Ancient Syria–Predating All Others by 500 Years

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Tell Umm el-Marra was an important urban center in Syria and one of the first to ever pop up in the region.
Carbon dating revealed clay to be around 500 years older than the previous oldest recorded alphabetic script.
Previously, scholars thought the alphabet was invented in or around Egypt sometime after 1900 BCE .
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