Language existed long before writing, emerging probably
     The advent of a writing system, however, seems to coincide with the
     It's tempting to claim that the development of a writing system was
     to Egypt where picture writing had developed sometime near the end
     system of writing.  The Egyptian consonants were:
     The term epigraphy is generally used for writing on hard durable
     to writing on less durable materials such as parchment, leather or