The phonetic hieroglyph alphabet is the closest version to our ... pottery and walls on ancient Egyptian remains which tell us about beliefs, gods, clothing, everyday life and culture.

Long before the “A, B, C Song” — built upon the Latin alphabet — and the alphas, betas and gammas of Ancient Greek, cultures around the world were communicating with one another. The Sumerians of ...

The belief that Ancient Egyptians birthed the first alphabet is now challenged. Researchers reveal clay cylinders from Syria dating to 2400 BC may predate Egyptian hieroglyph-inspired scripts by ...