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How the ALPHABET Was Born from HIEROGLYPHS.

Source :
Biblical Archaeology Review. Mar/Apr2010, Vol. 36 Issue 2, p36-50. 15p. 39 Black and White Photographs, 1 Map.
Publication Year :
2010

Abstract

The article offers information on alphabetic script made up of few dozen hieroglyphics-inspired designs. Developed by Canaanite workmen in the turquoise mines of Sinai in Egypt, the inscriptions gave birth to the alphabet, according to the author, and would forever change human communication. Central to the decipherment of the texts was a unique bilingual inscription inscribed on a small sphinx. The invention of the alphabet by the Canaanites put the long-lost ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics secretly living within modern script.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00989444
Volume :
36
Issue :
2
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Biblical Archaeology Review
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
48771770