Recent readings on inscriptions written in an ancient alphabet, the Proto-Sinaitic Script, may well provide proof of the ...

Nestled on the coast of the island of Euboea (Evia), the ancient city of Eretria was one of the most influential centers in ...

That the alphabet has survived, in one form or another, for so long is a testament to its usefulness and durability—to the genius of it. The Phoenician alphabet was all consonants.

As for stubborn people, we know they won't budge one iota, another Greek character. Well, not totally Hellenic. In fact, the Greek people would have taken over the Phoenician alphabet, the oldest ...

The Greek alphabet, ... The writing system is derived from the earlier Phoenician alphabet and is the earliest known alphabetic script to systematically write vowels as well as consonants.

In Archaic and early Classical times, the Greek alphabet existed in many local variants. However, by the end of the fourth century BC, the Ionic-based Euclidean alphabet, made up of 24 letters ...

The Greek alphabet was developed from the Phoenician alphabet and has been in use since the late 9th or early 8th century BC.

By the sixth century BCE, Carthage, a Phoenician coastal colony in what is now Tunisia, had risen to dominate the region, and Phoenician culture thrived farther west until its destruction in 146 BCE.

A seven-word inscription discovered by accident on a 3,700-year-old lice comb is the oldest known sentence written in an alphabet, according to a new study.