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With so many ancient texts around the world, you might wonder which alphabet was the first to be developed. In other words, what is the oldest confirmed alphabet in the world? Experts told Live ...

From the depths of ancient mines came a revolutionary idea: a simple set of symbols that anyone could learn — the birth of the alphabet, and the democratization of knowledge. NOVA is available to ...