# Flinders Petrie · Person

> Excavator of Serabit el-Khadim; found and first published the Proto-Sinaitic inscriptions. In Proto-Sinaitic and Wadi el-Hol: the first alphabet.

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# Flinders Petrie

Excavator of Serabit el-Khadim; found and first published the Proto-Sinaitic inscriptions **1853–1942.**

[Proto-Sinaitic and Wadi el-Hol: the first alphabet](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-sinaitic)[1 event][1 source]

Flinders Petrie is english archaeologist (1853-1942) who excavated the Hathor temple at Serabit el-Khadim in 1904-1905 and recognised the inscriptions as a new alphabet (1853–1942), and appears in the record of Proto-Sinaitic and Wadi el-Hol: the first alphabet as excavator of Serabit el-Khadim; found and first published the Proto-Sinaitic inscriptions.

One event on the site involves Petrie: Flinders and Hilda Petrie find the sphinx, the statuette and about eight rock tablets at Mine L and publish them as a new alphabet (Jan 1905).

One question rest in part on what Petrie did or said, among them “When were the Serabit el-Khadim inscriptions written: in the Middle Kingdom, about 1850 BC, or in the New Kingdom?”, which stands open: 4 answers, none ahead.

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## In the mysteries

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

Excavator of Serabit el-Khadim; found and first published the Proto-Sinaitic inscriptions · 1 event

[The mystery ](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-sinaitic)

[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)Open: 4 answers, none ahead

## What Flinders Petrie did 1

Jan 1905[Flinders and Hilda Petrie find the sphinx, the statuette and about eight rock tablets at Mine L and publish them as a new alphabet](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-sinaitic/events/EVT0DEDRNJRR8J1/flinders-and-hilda-petrie-find-the-sphinx-the-statuette-and)

at [Serabit el-Khadim, Sinai](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-sinaitic/places/PLC0DEDPWXGP98A/serabit-el-khadim-sinai)

## Places 1

[Serabit el-Khadim, Sinai](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-sinaitic/places/PLC0DEDPWXGP98A/serabit-el-khadim-sinai)

mining site and temple

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## Sources 1

[Researches in Sinai](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDHGPCAVPJ/researches-in-sinai)

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Born

1853-06-03

Died

1942-07-28

Occupation

Excavator of Serabit el-Khadim, First publisher of the script (1906)

Identity

English archaeologist (1853-1942) who excavated the Hathor temple at Serabit el-Khadim in 1904-1905 and recognised the inscriptions as a new alphabet

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