Re: origin of the first alphabet

From: JohnHalloran (johnpat9_at_pacbell.net)
Date: 01/28/05 

Date: 28 Jan 2005 15:31:51 -0800

Over the years, different scholars have proposed one possible
explanation, namely that the letters of the alphabet occur in the order
of similarly-shaped constellations.

For a bibliography of such publications, see:

http://members.optusnet.com.au/~gtosiris/page7.html#alphabet

Wasn't there a recent discovery pushing the invention of the alphabet
back to Egypt?

Regards,

John Halloran
http://www.sumerian.org/

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