4,400-year-old alphabet script uncovered in Syria, the oldest in history"Recent excavations in Syria unearthed clay cylinders inscribed with what researchers believe is the oldest known alphabetic script in human history. Using radiocarbon dating, a technique based on the properties of the radioactive isotope carbon-14, scientists determined the inscriptions date back to approximately 2400 BCE—predating previous evidence of alphabetic writing by around 500 years."
"Schwartz emphasized the significance of the find, noting that previous theories placed the invention of the alphabet in or near Egypt around 1900 BCE. "What we've uncovered is older and from a completely different region, suggesting the origin story of the alphabet could be far more complex than we imagined." FULL STORY at above link.
World's oldest ALPHABET discovered: 4,400-year-old text found on clay cylinders in Syria"Archaeologists at Johns Hopkins University have unearthed clay cylinders, each no longer than a finger, inscribed with the earliest known alphabetic text. Discovered at Tell Umm-el Marra, a once-thriving trade city in modern-day northwestern Syria, these artifacts date back to 2400 BC. Carbon-14 dating confirmed their age, predating previously known alphabetic scripts by half a millennium." FULL STORY at above link.
"There is no convincing reason to locate Ur of the Chaldees in southern Mesopotamia, as most of the Bible commentaries continue to do. The book of Abraham presents more compelling reasons to place Ur of the Chaldees elsewhere. If all the actual and possible restrictions and requirements suggested by the book of Abraham are taken into account, the Ur of Abraham is to be found in northwestern Syria [44] or southcentral Turkey, i.e., from the Syrian coast inland as far as Ebla, north to Maras, in Turkey, then west and eventually south to include the plains of Adana on the coast of Turkey."
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