1.   An even more puzzling aspect of the discovery has been raised by specialists in ancient Chinese writing.

2.   And Koreans brought Chinese writing and religion to the Japanese islands as well.

3.   Chinese writing is thought not to have begun until hundreds of years later.

4.   Dr. Gilbert L. Mattos, a specialist in ancient Chinese writing at Seton Hall University, said three of the characters definitely resembled Chinese.

5.   Experts around the world have since dedicated their lives to deciphering the ancient hieroglyphics, which evolved into modern Chinese writing.

6.   For anyone interested in classical Chinese writings, the long form is the only one available.

7.   Pictographs on two of the earliest ceramics are believed to be forerunners of later Chinese writing.

8.   That would suggest that influences from Central Asia or farther west might have contributed to the invention of Chinese writing.

9.   They both do Chinese writing.

10.   They form a remarkable body of Chinese political writing.