A newly deciphered letter home dating back around 1,800 years reveals the pleas of a young Egyptian soldier named Aurelius Polion who was serving, probably as a volunteer, in a Roman legion in Europe ...

Alphabetic language, or written language made of individual letters, is a newer invention, but now, archaeologists believe they have discovered the “oldest known alphabet” ever found.

While early writing systems emerged in Mesopotamia and Egypt over 5,000 years ago, they used symbols rather than a bona fide alphabet, which appeared significantly later, around 1800 BCE.

The writing comprised 17 letters, two of which were damaged. Crucially, they seem to form a complete and understandable sentence written in an ancient Canaanite language spoken at Tel Lachish.

Alphabetic writing found etched on clay cylinders unearthed from tomb in Syria ... Archaeologists unearth oldest alphabet from ancient tomb. Vishwam Sankaran. November 20, 2024 at 9:48 PM.

Oldest known alphabet unearthed in ancient Syrian city. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 11, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2024 / 11 / 241120193145.htm ...

Bad dreams scared the ancient Egyptians, who feared that evil spirits or demons would visit them in their sleep. The oldest recorded nightmare dates back 4,000 years, when writing letters to ...

The ancient Greeks were incredibly talented mathematicians—but they rarely used numbers in their ... the Greek alphabet used 24 letters. ... likely adopted from the Egyptians through trade.