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Answer · Proto-Sinaitic and Wadi el-Hol: the first alphabet

None of these.

None of these.

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Where it stands

Still possibleNo evidence yet. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

What it predicts

  • Early alphabetic texts will be found outside Egypt and Sinai with letter forms that do not derive from the Egyptian series.

What would rule it out

  • All early alphabetic texts continue to derive from one Egyptian-based letter series.

Evidence none for · none against

The questions it answers

Cite it

Mysteries Department. (2026). None of these. [Answer ANS0DEDY9T8SQHP]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0DEDY9T8SQHP
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