Ancient writing found in Turkmenistan."A previously unknown civilisation was using writing in Central Asia 4,000 years ago, hundreds of years before Chinese writing developed, archaeologists have discovered. An excavation near Ashgabat, the capital of Turkmenistan, revealed an inscription on a piece of stone that seems to have been used as a stamp seal.", BBC
'Oldest' New World writing found"Ancient civilisations in Mexico developed a writing system as early as 900 BC, new evidence suggests.", BBC
Logogramaroj uzas signojn, kiuj reprezentas vortojn, morfemojn aŭ iliajn semantikajn unuojn, Lingvo.info : Skribosistemoj
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Writing May Be Oldest in Western Hemisphere."A stone slab bearing 3,000-year-old writing previously unknown to scholars has been found in the Mexican state of Veracruz, and archaeologists say it is an example of the oldest script ever discovered in the Western Hemisphere.", New York Times
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Oldest Writing in the New World"A block with a hitherto unknown system of writing has been found in the Olmec heartland of Veracruz, Mexico. Stylistic and other dating of the block places it in the early first millennium before the common era, the oldest writing in the New World, with features that firmly assign this pivotal development to the Olmec civilization of Mesoamerica.", Science
