The Tărtăria tablets, found in the western part of Romania and dating back to around 5300 B.C.E, according to radiocarbon dating, suggest that it was in Eastern Europe that writing first appeared. Some experts have dubbed the writing the Old European Script or the Danube Script.
The tablets have been linked to the Neolithic Turdas-Vinca culture (c. 4500-3700 B.C.E), spread across several Romanian provinces, the south of Serbia, the southeast of Hungary, the northwest of Bulgaria and other countries.
In 1961, archaeologist Nicolae Vlassa discovered what
may be direct evidence of the earliest forms of writing in the world.
While conducting an archeological excavation at a Neolithic site in
Romania, Vlassa’s team uncovered three small clay tablets containing
indecipherable etchings, now known as the Tartaria Tablets....<<<Read More>>>....
