Experts told Live Science it was probably the proto-Sinaitic script, which was invented about 4,000 years ago by Canaanite ...

The ancient Egyptians invented one of the earliest known writing systems used from around 3000 BC. The symbols they used were called hieroglyphs, which comes from a Greek word meaning ...

The belief that Ancient Egyptians birthed the first alphabet is now challenged ... Hopkins University archaeologists, show engraved symbols—possibly the earliest alphabetic writing—found ...