Was the Phoenician writing system a true alphabet? If not, what should it be called instead, and what was the earliest true ...

Some signs were clearly related to hieroglyphs, yet they were simpler than the beautiful pictorial Egyptian script on the temple walls. The Petries recognized the signs as an alphabet, though ...

With so many ancient texts around the world, you might wonder which alphabet was the first to be developed. In other words, what is the oldest confirmed alphabet in the world? Experts told Live ...

The ancient Egyptians invented one of the earliest known writing systems used from ... It is a three-foot high stone containing hieroglyphs, everyday ancient Egyptian language and a Greek translation.

Jean-Guillaume Olette-Pelletier says he has identified seven sets of crypto-hieroglyphs on the 75-foot-tall structure, which ...