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Distinguished University Professorship Lecture - Richard Janko
Inventing the Alphabet: Advanced Communication in the Ancient World
The origin of the alphabet is an old mystery–above all, the invention
of vowels, wtht whch wrtng s ncmprhnsbl. New inscriptions of the 8th
century B.C.E. shed light on its origins and its diffusion from the
Phoenicians to the Greeks and Romans and ultimately to ourselves.
of vowels, wtht whch wrtng s ncmprhnsbl. New inscriptions of the 8th
century B.C.E. shed light on its origins and its diffusion from the
Phoenicians to the Greeks and Romans and ultimately to ourselves.
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