According to the new study by the Wilfrid Laurier University archaeologist Douglas Petrovich, Israelites in Egypt took 22 ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs and created an early Hebrew alphabet around ...

In his controversial theory, Dr Douglas Petrovich claims Israelites in Egypt took 22 ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs and turned them into the original Hebrew alphabet - over 3,800 years ago.

With the development of ancient Hebrew script, the Song of the Sea, could have been written by 1000 BC, the time of Tappy's alphabet. But it was probably recited as a poem long before the ...

HIRBET QEIYAFA, Israel — An Israeli archaeologist has discovered what he believes is the oldest known Hebrew inscription on a 3,000-year-old pottery shard — a find that suggests Biblical ...

The Canannites invented the first alphabet about 3,800 years ago. The letters, instead of hieroglyphics like those used in Egypt, became the basis for written Latin, Greek, and Hebrew. English ...

More ancient texts are discovered throughout the Near East every year in both the Hebrew and Aramaic languages. Analyzing these texts is extremely important for researchers studying the culture ...

Here, she renders the fifth letter of the Hebrew alphabet, hey, using sumi ink, traditional in Japanese calligraphy and made from the soot of burnt oils. In focusing on a single letter, Wapner echoes ...

The oldest recorded alphabet may be Hebrew. According to a controversial new study by archaeologist and ancient inscription specialist Douglas Petrovich, Israelites in Egypt took 22 ancient Egyptian ...