The Aryan Origin of the Alphabet: Disclosing the Sumero Phoenician Parentage of our Letters Ancient and Modern

by Laurence Austine Waddell

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96 pages, Paperback

First published March 5, 2004

About the author

Laurence Austine Waddell (1854 - 1938) was a Scottish explorer, Professor of Tibetan, Professor of Chemistry and Pathology, Indian Army surgeon, collector in Tibet, and amateur archaeologist.

Waddell also studied Sumerian and Sanskrit; he made various translations of seals and other inscriptions.

His reputation as a Assyriologist gained little to no academic recognition and his books on the history of civilization have caused controversy.

Reviews

[Davraena · Rating 3 out of 5]

There are many hypotheses of the origin of our alphabet, this one is interesting. The author claims that it will make the current theory unsupportable.
He also reveals at the end that it’s based on the idea that one race created civilization. Well, maybe that’s revealed in the title. In his day, it would probably not have been seen as provocative.
He gives a lot of hints of avenues to explore in more depth. Most intriguing to me, is this monument of Partolan. Is there any trace of it now?
I like that he didn’t waste a lot of time.