How Turquoise Miners In Ancient Egypt Invented the Alphabet

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  • @lynnmitzy1643
    @lynnmitzy1643 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I've been studying those stele 👍🏼great stuff Laura💐

  • @MiuMiuKoo
    @MiuMiuKoo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Fascinating presentation and I think it would be amazing if one day we could decipher the ancient megalithic markings into understandable language Have you ever seen the lidar scan of the engravings on that stone block in Peru 🤗👍

  • @farranger275
    @farranger275 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow, that was pretty cool. Thanks for posting.

  • @yeoldfart8762
    @yeoldfart8762 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I had heard about this before from the naked archeologist. Leave it to the common man and or woman to devise something easier and practical for general use. Good show. Thank you.

  • @floydriebe4755
    @floydriebe4755 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    hi, Laura! the word is out! over 1,000 subs! and growing! 👍🏆🌟
    i truly enjoyed this as i've always thot communication was hugely involved in our becoming who we are. the origins, of alphabets and words, are amazing. the recording of info was huge. no longer dependant on memory and oral tradition, the ancients could convey information and ideas to others who could be far away.
    good teaching methods, too! uncomplicated but concise. Kudos, kiddo🤩🙃

  • @barrywalser2384
    @barrywalser2384 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very fascinating stuff. You presented the connections wonderfully. Thanks for your hard work. It is appreciated!

  • @KerriEverlasting
    @KerriEverlasting 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is really fascinating, I'd love to learn more about how languages began! Nice work and lovely narration 💖😊

  • @MrJento
    @MrJento 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    First, congratulations on your 1K!
    As a child I hated English grammar. As an adult I loved to read, learned to write technical papers. I even picked up several languages but never enough to understand their grammar. I have an interest in history and archeology, obviously. But I have always been weak in appreciating language and it’s evolution. Give me stone tools and I see them evolve. Give me DNA data and i see us evolve. Give me language and grammar and I see a muddled mess.
    All the above so that you will appreciate that I say, this was the most direct and articulate explanation of a language subject I have ever seen. I am glad that Kayleigh introduced you and that I subscribed.
    Fox out.

    • @MegalithHunter
      @MegalithHunter  2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I’m glad you enjoyed it! It’s a subject I definitely want to delve further into. 😃

    • @MrJento
      @MrJento 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@MegalithHunter
      It’s is a niche not well populated. The very very few that “get into” languages do so in such depth and complexity as to put off the vast majority of viewers. And as you know youtube focuses on the average or below intellect. And when it comes to formal language I include myself in this average group.
      As your channel grows you will discover that your subscribers are bi-modal in distribution. The vast majority come to be intertwined, perhaps educated. They will comment, critique even complain. But not provide financial support. There is a higher group seeking intellectual stimulation, knowledge and so forth. They will comment, most to support good effort but also to disagree in a very factual way. This small number will provide you with the bulk of your financial backing. Thus the Pareto rule states that 20% of your “customers” will provide 80% of your income. A rule true for any business. And you are in “business”. A TH-cam channel without a growing and supportive following is simply a lone voice crying in the wilderness. Your most profound observation, unheard, might simply never have been uttered.
      Food for thought.
      Fox out.

    • @Onionman-wx8wz
      @Onionman-wx8wz 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hi. As a you tube buff (of perhaps average or below intelligence) i am so blessed when someone posts a short and precise vid like this one. But as a Bible buff i have to ask you about the little DNA quote. I have seen many presentations saying that DNA proves that we did not evolve, as Darwinian evolution states, - except in the evolving of traits through Natural Selection of information already within the DNA. Something to think about?

  • @Alarix246
    @Alarix246 ปีที่แล้ว

    We have to keep in mind that it makes no sense to write if there are no readers/people able to read given script. Therefore seeing a new writing, we need to think about how widespread it was and how many readers were there able to read it.
    I always keep reminding the people learning a new language that they are learning to speak not for themselves, but for them to be understood. And so it is so important to learn at least such pronunciation that you are well understood. It's worth it, but easy to overlook. Now when we see an alphabetical script, it was a huge invention - but of course we know that people didn't realize it at the time; the invention lived its own life, and stood out and was eventually accepted without any marketing, just for its geniality itself. It might even be invented several times independently (but in the case of this script I understand it shows clearly the continuity from the hieroglypics towards the Greek script). Thanks for letting us know!

  • @californianorma876
    @californianorma876 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love watching you. This is my favorite video because I love language. Thank you!

  • @stuartparker1068
    @stuartparker1068 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very concise easy to understand, just like it should be, well done ✔

  • @starcapture3040
    @starcapture3040 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Malta is still linguistically phoenician so maltase people might spread their alphabets to italy and the rest of europe since the latin script more identical to phoenician rather the greek adopted from the phoenicians

    • @MegalithHunter
      @MegalithHunter  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Linguistically it’s Arabic from medieval period, not Phoenician.

    • @starcapture3040
      @starcapture3040 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@MegalithHunter Arabic is related to phoenician and Akkadian.

  • @Onionman-wx8wz
    @Onionman-wx8wz 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I have heard someone say that this alphabet was made by Hebrew miners at Serabit el-Khadim, and Moses then taught it to Pharoahs army - and.... Could this be true?

  • @hairyhousen8234
    @hairyhousen8234 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Were they Phoenician? Langfocus is my favourite linguistics channel.

    • @MegalithHunter
      @MegalithHunter  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      No. Phoenician was a lot later but the Phoenician alphabet helped the popularize the alphabetic system that had been developed with Proto-Sinaitic.