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Greek Reporter7h
Was the Ancient Phoenician Script a True Alphabet?
Was the Phoenician writing system a true alphabet? If not, what should it be called instead, and what was the earliest true alphabet?
Greek Reporter6d
New Findings Suggest Greek Alphabet Is Older Than Previously Thought
The Greek alphabet, believed to have emerged in the eighth century BC, is undergoing reevaluation by Leiden University.
Daily Express3d
Archaeology breakthrough as Greek alphabet 'centuries older' than previously thought
The Greek alphabet, traditionally believed to have emerged in the eighth century BC, is now undergoing reevaluation thanks to groundbreaking research at Leiden University. The writing system is ...
Greek City Times8d
Greek Alphabet May Be Centuries Older Than Previously Believed, Says Researcher
New research led by Associate Professor Willemijn Waal suggests that the Greek alphabet may have originated centuries earlier ...
Archaeology breakthrough as Greek alphabet 'centuries older' than previously thought
The Greek alphabet, believed to have emerged in the eighth century BC, is now undergoing a major reevaluation thanks to ...
Greek City Times1d
Greek DNA Discovered in Phoenician Origins, Study Reveals
A new study in *Nature* reveals the Phoenicians, famed for their Mediterranean trade and alphabet, were not solely from the ...
Typography rocks, and this stone alphabet proves it
It's always fun to find signs and images in the natural world, from faces in wood whorls to accidental optical illusions. So ...
How Hannibal's Carthage spread Phoenician culture without leaving a genetic trace
We find surprisingly little direct genetic contribution from levantine phoenicians to western and central mediterranean punic ...
This Culture’s Linguistic Fingerprints Are Everywhere—But Scientists Can’t Find Their DNA
It was previously believed that the Levantine DNA of the Phoenicians spread as far as their famous alphabet, which influenced ...