Phoenician alphabet
Ancestor of ancient Hebrew script
Episodes
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#1970: How 3,300-Year-Old Sailors Built the AlphabetThe letters on your screen trace back to an ancient maritime empire. Discover how Phoenician traders engineered the first alphabet. -
#1048: The Keepers: How the Samaritans Outlasted EmpiresDiscover how a community of 950 people used ancient scripts and "survival engineering" to outlast empires for over two millennia.