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This red sandstone sphinx, dated approx. 1800-1700 BC, Sir William Flinders Petrie discovered it in 1904–1905. In the temple ruins at Serabit el-Khadim, located in the Southwest Sinai Peninsula, Egypt. Currently on display in the British Museum
Statue from Hathor temple of Serabit el-Khadim, dated approx. 1850-1550 BC
"A few kilometers Serabit el Khadem, in the Wadi el Mukattab valley, many rock walls are engraved with a lot of [writings]. They were photographed for the first time by Francis Frith in 1857. These inscriptions are among the first signs of proto-Sinaitic alphabet, which is derived from the Phoenician alphabet."
Since Then...
Since Then...
Dr. Jose Padilla - Jose Davila
Dr. Jose Padilla - Jose Davila
Between 1952 and 1956, a tomb in Guerrero, Mexico, was "excavated" by Dr. Jesus Padilla Orozco and his companions. Many gold objects were found and distributed among other men participating on the tomb excavation. Jesus chose to take twelve small plates because the writing on them interested him. Five of these plates were eventually turned over to Jose Davila, and seven were retained by Dr. Padilla. In the 1970's, Dr. Paul Cheesman of Brigham Young University (BYU) tried unsuccessfully to share this find with modern academia, but was rebuffed, due in large part by Ray T. Matheny, secretary for the New World Archaeological Foundation (NWAF) who published a paper declaring the plates a modern forgery, based largely on the opinion of a Las Vegas jeweler.
Meanwhile, Dr. Padilla & Jose Davila had continued their excavations...
Notes:
Notes:
Mnamon: Ancient writing systems in the Mediterranean, Proto-Sinaitic - 18th-14th cent. B.C.
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