探花直播riddle of the Syriac double dot: it鈥檚 the world鈥檚 earliest question mark
21 July 2011Manuscripts written in Syriac, an ancient language of the Middle East, are peppered with mysterious dots. Among them is the vertical double dot or zagwa elaya. A Cambridge academic thinks that the zagwa elaya is the world鈥檚 earliest question mark.
