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Serabit el-Khadim

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The first letters are found here on rock representing the first alphabet that was taken to the Phoenicians who took it to the Greeks and Romans where it became our modern-day alphabet. Is is the foundation of all alphabets.

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Serabit el-Khadim

Serabit el-Khadim (Arabic: سرابيط الخادم‎ Arabic pronunciation: [saraːˈbiːtˤ alˈχaːdɪm]; also transliterated Serabit al-Khadim, Serabit el-Khadem) is a locality in the southwest Sinai Peninsula, Egypt, where turquoise was mined extensively in antiquity, mainly by the ancient Egyptians. Archaeological excavation, initially by Sir Flinders Petrie, revealed ancient mining camps and a long-lived Temple of Hathor, the Egyptian goddess who was favoured as a protector in desert regions.

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