“For decades, it’s been a common belief that the Ancient Egyptians were responsible for the very first alphabet. “
Pure BS. Must be a woke education...
Usually the Canaanites/Phoenicians are credited with inventing the alphabet, but some of their symbols may have been taken from Egyptian characters.
Agreed.
Pictographs are not alphabets.
“Before the alphabet, humans relied on hieroglyphics, according to Professor Schwartz, who found the cylinders in 2004.”
Hieroglyphics are just pictorial representations of words, essentially what the Chinese written languages are today. This prof is trying to milk a career out of a minor discovery.