# Parker's 2026 review finds the New Kingdom evidence at Serabit, chiefly two sherds from Mine L, weak, and evidence for…

> Parker's 2026 review finds the New Kingdom evidence at Serabit, chiefly two sherds from Mine L, weak, and evidence for Semitic speakers on New Kingdom…

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# Parker's 2026 review finds the New Kingdom evidence at Serabit, chiefly two sherds from Mine L, weak, and evidence for…

Parker's 2026 review finds the New Kingdom evidence at Serabit, chiefly two sherds from Mine L, weak, and evidence for Semitic speakers on New Kingdom expeditions very thin.

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## What it means

Key question[When were the Serabit el-Khadim inscriptions written: in the Middle Kingdom, about 1850 BC, or in the New Kingdom?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-sinaitic/questions/QST0DEDW70ERVE3/when-were-the-serabit-el-khadim-inscriptions-written-in-the)

4 answers, none ahead yet

**Open** unchanged

Answer this evidence bears on[Early New Kingdom, c. 1550-1450 BC](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-sinaitic/answers/ANS0DEDXXM9QW28/early-new-kingdom-c-1550-1450-bc)

Counts against1 for, 1 against

**Still possible** unchanged

## Sources 1

[The Proto-Sinaitic Inscriptions at Serabit el-Khadim in Their Archaeological Context. Part II: Arguments for a Late Date Reviewed](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDK4JN07JR/the-proto-sinaitic-inscriptions-at-serabit-el-khadim-in)

Parker 2026

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