How the invention of writing gave humanity a history. From hieroglyphs to emojis, an exploration of the way in which the technology of writing has shaped the world we live in.
The hunt for the origin of writing reveals the link between ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs and the letters we use every day.
The ability to put words on a page makes civilisation possible. Throughout history, the changing way people write has been a factor in the rise – and fall - of empires.
For more than a century, the world has seemed to be moving to a single universal script - the Latin alphabet. But that means more than changing words. It means changing identity.
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