Wadi el-Hol
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Wadi el-Hol is a desert valley in Egypt’s Western Desert known for its ancient rock inscriptions that have provided important insights into the early development of alphabetic writing.
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
archaeological site
ⓘ
desert valley ⓘ |
| approximateDateOfAlphabeticInscriptions | circa 1900–1800 BCE ⓘ |
| contains |
rock cliffs
ⓘ
rock faces with inscriptions ⓘ |
| coordinateSystem | uses geographic coordinates in modern mapping ⓘ |
| country | Egypt ⓘ |
| discoveredBy |
Deborah Darnell
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
John C. Darnell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveryDate | mid-1990s ⓘ |
| excavatedBy | Yale University expedition NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| functionInAntiquity | travel corridor between Nile Valley and oases ⓘ |
| hasAccessRoute | desert track from the Nile westward ⓘ |
| hasArchaeologicalContext |
ancient desert road
ⓘ
caravan route ⓘ |
| hasConservationStatus | protected archaeological area ⓘ |
| hasGeographicalFeature | desert valley ⓘ |
| hasNameMeaning | Valley of Terror NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTypeOfInscriptions |
hieratic
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hieroglyphic ⓘ proto-alphabetic ⓘ |
| importance |
evidence for early development of alphabetic writing
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links Egyptian scripts to later Northwest Semitic alphabets ⓘ |
| knownFor |
ancient rock inscriptions
ⓘ
early alphabetic inscriptions ⓘ inscriptions important for the history of writing ⓘ |
| languageOfInscriptions |
Egyptian
NERFINISHED
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early Northwest Semitic ⓘ |
| locatedBetween |
Luxor
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Qena NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Western Desert NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInGovernorate | Qena Governorate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | west bank of the Nile ⓘ |
| nearbyAncientCity | Thebes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Egyptian Western Desert landscape ⓘ |
| periodOfMajorInscriptions | Middle Kingdom of Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| referencedIn |
research on early Semitic scripts
ⓘ
studies of the origin of the alphabet ⓘ |
| region | Upper Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
debates on the earliest alphabet
ⓘ
epigraphic surveys ⓘ palaeographic analysis ⓘ |
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