# None of these.

> Still possible: None of these.

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

# None of these.

None of these.

**Still possible** Answers **1** question0

## Where it stands

**Still possible** No 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

[Richey argues from Umm el-Marra and Sealand-dynasty alphabetic marks for a northern strand in the alphabet's history…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-sinaitic/evidence/EVD0DEEAXD43D11/richey-argues-from-umm-el-marra-and-sealand-dynasty)

Speculative

NEUTRAL

## The questions it answers

[Who invented the alphabet, and could they read Egyptian?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-sinaitic/questions/QST0DEDW7RNZZQM/who-invented-the-alphabet-and-could-they-read-egyptian)

Open4 answers, none ahead

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). None of these. [Answer ANS0DEDY9T8SQHP]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0DEDY9T8SQHP
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**ANS** 0DEDY9T8SQHP

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