# Egyptian Museum, Cairo · Place

> Egyptian Museum, Cairo is a museum in the record of Proto-Sinaitic and Wadi el-Hol: the first alphabet. In Proto-Sinaitic and Wadi el-Hol: the first…

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# Egyptian Museum, Cairo (Tahrir)

[Proto-Sinaitic and Wadi el-Hol: the first alphabet](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-sinaitic)[30.0478° N, 31.2336° E]

Egyptian Museum, Cairo is a museum in the record of Proto-Sinaitic and Wadi el-Hol: the first alphabet.

Holder of the statuette Sinai 346 (JE 38268) and the rock panels Sinai 349-356, 359, 374 and 375 (JE 51513-51517, 52510-52516, 65466-65467).

Two artifacts in the record are tied to it, including The Serabit statuette, Sinai 346 (Egyptian Museum JE 38268).

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Placed from Wikidata Q201219 coordinates for the Egyptian Museum building on Tahrir Square · Exact position[Open the mystery's map](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-sinaitic#map)

## In the mysteries

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

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

## Nearby within 500 km

[Egyptian Museum, Cairo (Tahrir)](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0CTWS37602PA/egyptian-museum-cairo-tahrir)

museum

here

[Temple of Isis beside pyramid G1-c](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0CTWS2FR66WG/temple-of-isis-beside-pyramid-g1-c)

temple

12 km SW

[Great Pyramid of Giza](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0CSMNNCT3J8K/great-pyramid-of-giza)

pyramid

12 km SW

[Sphinx Temple](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0CTWS20472GW/sphinx-temple)

temple

12 km SW

[The Great Sphinx](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0CTWS1RA4RB3/the-great-sphinx)

rock-cut statue

12 km SW

[Giza plateau](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0CTWS2QJ2QBW/giza-plateau)

plateau

13 km SW

## Artifacts 2

[The Serabit statuette, Sinai 346 (Egyptian Museum JE 38268)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-sinaitic/artifacts/ART0DEDT5JARJQ1/the-serabit-statuette-sinai-346-egyptian-museum-je-38268)

Object

ART

[The Serabit rock inscriptions at Mines L and M (Sinai 349 to 375)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-sinaitic/artifacts/ART0DEDT6E9273H/the-serabit-rock-inscriptions-at-mines-l-and-m-sinai-349-to)

Rock inscriptions

ART

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Egyptian Museum, Cairo (Tahrir) [Place PLC0DEDPY0EP8B4]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/PLC0DEDPY0EP8B4
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Key

**PLC** 0DEDPY0EP8B4

Record

Place

Kind

Museum

Position

30.0478° N, 31.2336° E

Precision

Exact position

Placed from

Wikidata Q201219 coordinates for the Egyptian Museum building on Tahrir Square

In

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

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