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Ahmad Al-Jallad's Research Featured in Science Article

Department of Near Eastern and South Asian Languages and Cultures Ohio State University, 2025. nesa.osu.edu.

News item of 28 July 2025 on Science's coverage: Al-Jallad has deciphered the main subtype of the Dhofari script, about 2,400 years old, and finds its alphabet did not originate in southern Arabia; Giuliano Castagna, not involved, calls it "the first ever reliable study on this matter".

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Ohio State University, D. o. N. E. a. S. A. L. a. C. (2025). Ahmad Al-Jallad's Research Featured in Science Article. nesa.osu.edu. https://nesa.osu.edu/news/ahmad-al-jallads-research-featured-science-article
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