The Story of the AlphabetD. Appleton, 1900 - 209 pages |
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Ægean alpha ancient appears Arabic Asia Assyrian belts called Canon Taylor century B.C. characters chief Chinese civilisation Cretan Crete culture cuneiform cursive Cypriote decipherment demotic denote depicted derived discovery dynasty Egypt Egyptian hieroglyphs engraved Eshmunazar Eteocretan Evans examples figures Greece Greek alphabet Gyllis hand Hebrew Hellenic hieratic Hittite hundred ideograms ideographic Indian indicated Innuit inscribed inscription interpretation invention island Itzcoatl king knots known language Latin letters linear magic Mayas means medicine-man ments Moabite Stone monuments Mycena Mycenæan nicians Ojibwa origin papyrus Papyrus Prisse Pelasgians Persian Phoenician alphabet phonetic phonogram pictographic pictorial picture picture-writing primitive probably Professor Flinders Petrie Ptolemy purpose quipu race record relics represent rock Roman Rosetta Stone Rougé Rougé's sacred says scribe script Semitic shown side signs skin sounds stage syllabary syllabic symbols tablets temple theory thousand tion totem tribes uncial wampum whence words written