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

Two short alphabetic texts are cut beside Middle Kingdom Egyptian inscriptions on the Farshut desert road

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

MYS

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Two Early Alphabetic Inscriptions from the Wadi el-Hol: New Evidence for the Origin of the Alphabet from the Western Desert of Egypt

SRC

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Wadi el-Hol, Qena bend

Place

PLC

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Two short alphabetic texts are cut beside Middle Kingdom Egyptian inscriptions on the Farshut desert road [Event EVT0DEDRMGQE6CZ]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVT0DEDRMGQE6CZ

@misc{mysteriesdept_evt0dedrmgqe6cz,
  title     = {Two short alphabetic texts are cut beside Middle Kingdom Egyptian inscriptions on the Farshut desert road},
  author    = {{Mysteries Department}},
  year      = {2026},
  note      = {Event, catalog key EVT0DEDRMGQE6CZ},
  url       = {https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVT0DEDRMGQE6CZ}
}