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

Orly Goldwasser argues that Canaanite workers who could not read Egyptian invented the alphabet in Sinai; Hamilton publishes the sign catalogue

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Orly Goldwasser argues that Canaanite workers who could not read Egyptian invented the alphabet in Sinai; Hamilton publishes the sign catalogue [Event EVT0DEDS10QWBKF]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVT0DEDS10QWBKF
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