UC-Santa Cruz: Uncovering an Ancient Alphabet
January 08, 2025
January 08, 2025
SANTA CRUZ, California, Jan. 8 -- The University of California Santa Cruz campus issued the following news:
By Dan White
In 2004, while she was still a meticulous young graduate student, Elaine Sullivan made a discovery that would deepen the history of human writing.
Using trowels and brushes to remove ancient soil at an Early Bronze Age burial site in Umm el-Marra, Western Syria--35 miles from modern-day Aleppo--Sullivan unearthed a pivotal clue: four sma . . .
By Dan White
In 2004, while she was still a meticulous young graduate student, Elaine Sullivan made a discovery that would deepen the history of human writing.
Using trowels and brushes to remove ancient soil at an Early Bronze Age burial site in Umm el-Marra, Western Syria--35 miles from modern-day Aleppo--Sullivan unearthed a pivotal clue: four sma . . .