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695 places in 11 mysteries

Where the mysteries happened and where their evidence was found, each placed on the map and tied to its events.

Proto-Sinaitic and Wadi el-Hol: the first alphabet
All mysteriesAmerica's missing scientists, 2021–2026Cretan HieroglyphicEtruscan: the readable language that cannot be fully translatedEye of the Sahara and AtlantisHattic, Kassite and the half-read languages of the cuneiform archivesHurrian songs of UgaritMarfa lightsProto-Sinaitic and Wadi el-Hol: the first alphabetProto-cuneiform: the archaic texts of UrukUnread cuneiform: half a million tablets and the limits of SumerianWhite Shaman Mural
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British Museum, Londonmuseum
Proto-Sinaitic and Wadi el-Hol: the first alphabet

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Egyptian Museum, Cairomuseum
Proto-Sinaitic and Wadi el-Hol: the first alphabet

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Serabit el-Khadim, SinaiEgyptian turquoise-mining site and Hathor temple
Proto-Sinaitic and Wadi el-Hol: the first alphabet

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Tel LachishBronze and Iron Age city mound
Proto-Sinaitic and Wadi el-Hol: the first alphabet
Tell Umm el-Marra, SyriaEarly Bronze Age city mound
Proto-Sinaitic and Wadi el-Hol: the first alphabet

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Wadi el-Hol, Qena benddesert pass on the Farshut road
Proto-Sinaitic and Wadi el-Hol: the first alphabet