INVENTION OF ALPHABET
Some unknown Bedouin mine foreman, working for the ancient Egyptians, about 1800 years before Christ, is credited by Professor Martin Sprengling, of the University of Chicago, with inventing the A, B, C. The mine foreman, puzzled by the complex hieroglyphics of his masters, sought a shorter way to keep his records, and simplified his work by developing a rudimentary alphabet, in the opinion of Professor Sprengling. He based his theory on his translation of the Sinai inscriptions, found in 1904 by Sir Flinders Petrie, in Sinai, which lies between Egypt and the northern part of Arabia. His theory would upset that . of many scholars who have attributed the development of the alphabet to the Phoenicians.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume XXVI, Issue 3444, 17 March 1932, Page 7
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118INVENTION OF ALPHABET King Country Chronicle, Volume XXVI, Issue 3444, 17 March 1932, Page 7
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