Aug 23, 2025
#99 Were the Inventors of the Alphabet Literate?
A subverting take on the proto-Sinaitic evidence from Serabit el-Khadim and more
It's a densely ambitious takedown and rebuild of early alphabetic scholarship! Evidence from the Serabit el-Khadim mines on the Sinai penins
#zine#archaeology#alphabet#egypt#ancient egypt#canaan#serabit el-khadim#orly goldwasser#flinders petrie#lahun#hyksos#scarabs#history#ancient history#proto-sinaitic#early canaanite scripts#development of the alphabet#brian colless#josette elayi#kuntillet ajrud#ze'ev meshel#starcky tablet#egypto-canaanite#Hebrew