# Richey argues from Umm el-Marra and Sealand-dynasty alphabetic marks for a northern strand in the alphabet's history…

> Richey argues from Umm el-Marra and Sealand-dynasty alphabetic marks for a northern strand in the alphabet's history, which would complicate a single…

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# Richey argues from Umm el-Marra and Sealand-dynasty alphabetic marks for a northern strand in the alphabet's history…

Richey argues from Umm el-Marra and Sealand-dynasty alphabetic marks for a northern strand in the alphabet's history, which would complicate a single Egyptian origin.

Speculative0

## What it means

Key question[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)

4 answers, none ahead yet

**Open** unchanged

Answer this evidence bears on[None of these.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-sinaitic/answers/ANS0DEDY9T8SQHP/none-of-these)

Bears onnone for, none against

**Still possible** was No evidence yet

## Sources 1

[Syria, Mesopotamia, and the Origins of the Alphabet](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDJQ3TWGYG/syria-mesopotamia-and-the-origins-of-the-alphabet)

Richey 2023

SRC

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Richey argues from Umm el-Marra and Sealand-dynasty alphabetic marks for a northern strand in the alphabet's history… [Evidence EVD0DEEAXD43D11]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0DEEAXD43D11
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