{"id":53894,"date":"2020-04-02T17:42:12","date_gmt":"2020-04-02T13:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.armgeo.am\/armenian-alphabet\/"},"modified":"2021-06-08T15:42:08","modified_gmt":"2021-06-08T11:42:08","slug":"armenian-alphabet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.armgeo.am\/en\/armenian-alphabet\/","title":{"rendered":"Armenian alphabet"},"content":{"rendered":"

History of writing<\/span><\/h3>\n

Writing is one of the greatest achievements of civilization. In ancient times, the writing was sanctified and considered divine. Even in the mythology of ancient civilizations, there are gods of writing. The god of Armenian writing is Tir, who was considered the scribe of the supreme god Aramazd.<\/p>\n

\"Gods<\/a>

The gods of the Armenian mythology on Mount Nemrut<\/p><\/div>\n

It is also interesting that in different cultures the gods of writing were those people who wrote down the fates of people or wrote down their names in the books of life or death.<\/p>\n

\"Petroglyps<\/a>

Petroglyps of Geghama mountains<\/p><\/div>\n

The era of early pictography is considered the preliterate period. Evidence of this is the thousands of petroglyphs<\/a><\/span> found on the territory of Armenia, the oldest of which date back to 15-12 centuries BC. And from here writing begins to gradually develop.<\/p>\n\n