Greek Reporter

Greeks: The Inventors of the First True Alphabet

The first true alphabet was an invention of the Greek world, revolutionizing writing, literacy, and shaping foundations of ...
Greek Reporter

The Ancient Greek Origins of Latin Alphabet

The Latin alphabet is the most recognizable form of written language, whose history goes back to the eras of ancient Greek ...
New Scientist

The alphabet may have been invented 500 years earlier than we thought

The early history of the alphabet may require rewriting. Four clay artefacts found at an ancient site in Syria are incised with what is potentially the earliest alphabetic writing ever found. The ...
HUB

Hand-writing letters shown to be best technique for learning to read

Though writing by hand is increasingly being eclipsed by the ease of computers, a new study finds we shouldn't be so quick to throw away the pencils and paper: handwriting helps people learn certain ...
HUB

A letter of the alphabet we can read but not write? It's a 'g' thing

Despite seeing it millions of times in pretty much every picture book, every novel, every newspaper, and every email message, people are essentially unaware of the more common version of the lowercase ...
New Scientist

Oldest legible sentence written with first alphabet is about head lice

The oldest readable sentence written using the first alphabet has been found on the side of an ivory comb. The words are carefully inscribed in letters 1 to 3 millimetres wide and take the form of a ...