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For many years the earliest writing was assumed to have originated in Uruk, in Sumeria, Mesopotamia c. 3100 BC. Evidence from Egypt has now dated writing to c. 3400-3200 BC, while evidence from the Indus Valley suggests a date of 3500 BC for the development of writing there. Continue reading “Writing in Neolithic Europe; an Aegean origin?”
Akousilaos from Argos, a hardly known ancient Greek writer, was a very important figure for ancient Greek History (Mythology included); he was one of the main ‘sources’ for most of the Historians and Mythographs that followed his time. Continue reading “How old is the Greek language and its writing?”
In this post we present the Minoan seal-stone CMS XI No. 325. It is a finding that, if proved genuine, implies radical changes on the History of Alphabetical Writing. Continue reading “The Minoan seal-stone CMS XI No. 325 – A demand for a proper Dating of the item”
In this article we speculate on the origin of writing in Greece, according to claims from the ancient Greeks themselves, as they are described in a fragment from “Scholiastes to Dionysius of Thrace, (183 1)”. Continue reading “Greek writing; Borrowed or Original?”
In this post we present selected parts of the very interesting and informative paper titled “The Origins of Chinese Writing: the Neolithic Evidence“, by Paola Demattè. Continue reading “Writing in Neolithic China?”
In this article we present a summary of information on the excavation of the prehistoric settlement of Dispilio, Kastoria, Greece. Among the finds, there seem to exist various ‘writing symbols‘. Even though specialists haven’t yet concluded on the issue, this remains an exciting possibility; humans using Writing during the Neolithic times. Continue reading “The prehistoric settlement of Dispilio, Kastoria, Greece. Writing in Neolithic Greece?”
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