Atlantean Alphabet

The Origin of our Alphabet

By R. Cedric Leonard


For ages it has been believed that an ancient Phoenician, Cadmus, invented the first alphabet about 1600 B.C. But recently several discoveries have been made indicating that the alphabet might actually be thousands of years older than we ever suspected. This section will explore the possibility that the alphabetic characters themselves might have originated in Atlantis.

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The Glozel Tablets
Supporting Evidence
Raging Controversy
Other Discoveries
Alphabets Compared
Evolution of Writing

Two pictographic (pre-alphabetic) tablets excavated from the Mesopotamian city of Uruk dating about 4000 B.C.


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