By Natural Philosopher Mike Prestwood
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Proto-Sinaitic script

Proto-Sinaitic script

From Year 0 (BCE/CE): -1900
Post Date: 02/20/2022
155 Generations Ago

The Proto-Sinaitic alphabet is considered the earliest trace of alphabetic writing and the common ancestor of both Ancient South Arabian script and the Phoenician alphabet. The ancient South Arabian script evolved about 900 BCE which continued to evolve into today’s Modern South Arabian languages. The Phoenician alphabet evolved into the Greek alphabet and all of today’s Western alphabets.

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