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what if I told you the alphabet was born
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not just to record trade or tales but to
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guide souls through the shadows of the
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afterlife picture this under the
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flickering torch light of a Phoenician
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tomb robed priests in linen and gold
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inscribed mysterious letters on stone
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around 1200 B.CE the Phoenicians didn't
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just invent a writing system they
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created a bridge between the living and
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the dead their alphabet a string of
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haunting symbols was carved ontoerary
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offerings tomb walls and amulets these
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letters were believed to offer
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protection to name the deceased so their
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memory would not fade and to communicate
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with gods lurking beyond the veil
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imagine mourers in Egyptian and Greek
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attire solemnly chanting as they trace
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these letters over the bodies of loved
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ones each mark a spell against
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oblivion the Phoenician alphabet's power
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was so profound it spread across the
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ancient world shaping Greek Latin and
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even Viking runes but its
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roots deep in the dark silent tombs
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where writing first whispered to the
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dead if you like what you have seen so
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far don't forget to like follow and
