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	The Picket Wire People
		The Thamudic Alphabet is 2000 years old yet it is similar in style and age to the Picket Wire petroglyphs!
		Thamudic is an early writing style that was used in what is now Saudi Arabia, or Iberia, in assorted forms from about 500 BC to as late as 500 AD.
		Nevertheless, the symbols do appear to convey a meaning and are arranged and combined in a way that suggests the knowledge and survival of a language and writing system.
	www.viewzone.com /picket.thamudic.html (433 words)

	PerishedNations.com
		4The script was first identified in a region in north central Yemen that is known as Thamud, which is bound to the north by the Rub'al Khali, to the south by the Hadramaut and to the west by Shabwah.
		It is very significant that some remains of Thamud were found in the region where 'Ad had lived, especially around the region where the Hadramites, the descendants of 'Ad, lived and where their capital city stood.
		Thamud were destroyed with a terrible punishment just like all the other peoples both before and after them who denied the Truth.
	www.perishednations.com /thamud2.html (857 words)

	Written in Stone: Pre-Islamic Exhibit
		Thamudic script is the most ancient Arabian script.
		Stones inscribed with Thamudic script are generally found in northern Saudi Arabia but have been found from many parts of the Arabian Peninsula.
		Stones inscribed with Thamudic script form the largest part of the Museum's epigraphic collections.
	www.mnh.si.edu /epigraphy/e_pre-islamic/thamudic.htm (136 words)

	Islam (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Chapter 2 provides further background to the myth of the fall of the autochthonous Arabian race of the Thamud to allow for the construction of a narrative around the mythic slaying of the She‑Camel of Salih.
		In Chapter 4 the bivalent identity of Abu Righal, in whose grave the Thamudic golden bough was discovered, is explored in terms of the ambiguity of totem and taboo.
		Chapter 6 presents the history‑as opposed to the mythography‑of the downfall of the caravan city of the Thamud.
	sirreadalot.org /islam/islamR.htm (3504 words)

	Ancient Scripts: Thamudic
		The Thamudic script is a northern variant of the South Arabian script.
		It was used to write the Thamudic language (a South Semitic language related to Arabic) in northern Arabia and part of the Sinai Peninsula.
		The majority of Thamudic scripts occur on rock cliffs and boulders, but there was enough textual evidence to reconstruct an alphabet of 28 letters.
	www.ancientscripts.com /thamudic.html (180 words)

	Wadi Rum History
		Thamudic inscriptions, at the foot of the the cliffs on both sides of the main wadi, can be found in ancient stone constructions.
		The temple was taken over by Thamudic tribes and Thamudic graffiti cover earlier Nabatean inscriptions, walls and columns.
		Throughout the valley are scattered slabs of rocks with inscriptions in early Thamudic writing, recording the names of travelers which passed through centuries ago.
	www.ancientworlds.net /aw/Thread/181989 (528 words)

	Islam
		Chapter 2 provides further background to the myth of the fall of the autochthonous Arabian race of the Thamud to allow for the construction of a narrative around the mythic slaying of the She‑Camel of Salih.
		In Chapter 4 the bivalent identity of Abu Righal, in whose grave the Thamudic golden bough was discovered, is explored in terms of the ambiguity of totem and taboo.
		Chapter 6 presents the history‑as opposed to the mythography‑of the downfall of the caravan city of the Thamud.
	www.wordtrade.com /religion/islam/islamR.htm (5064 words)

	Wadi Rum History
		The temple was taken over by Thamudic tribes and Thamudic graffiti covers earlier Nabataean inscriptions, walls and columns.
		Approximately 8.5 kms east of Wadi Rum, at Disi, an Italian excavation uncovered an early Nabataean site, which was occupied before the Nabataeans moved to the rose-red city of Petra.
		Throughout the valley, are scattered slabs of rocks with inscriptions in early Thamudic writing, recording the names of travelers who passed through centuries ago.
	www.atlastours.net /jordan/wadirum_history.html (402 words)

	Harun Yahya - Perished Nations - Chapter 5
		Before looking at these archaeological finds related to Thamud, it is useful to examine the story in the Qur’an and to look over the struggle of these people with their prophet.
		This rage was not specific only to Thamud; Thamud were repeating the mistake made by the people of Nuh (as) and by Ad’ who had lived before them.
		The oldest sources known referring to Thamud, are the victory annals of the Babylonian King, Sargon II (eighth Century BC), who defeated these people in a campaign in northern Arabia.
	www.harunyahya.com /pernat15.php (2545 words)

	THE ORIGINS AND EMERGENCE OF WEST SEMITIC ALPHABETIC SCRIPTS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		146-149 titled, "Thamudic Inscriptions from the Negev." The four pages of this article contained fourteen inscriptions, one of which he pronounced "Illegible" (No. 10393), two of the remaining thirteen were composed of three and four lines respectively and the remaining ten were one liners.
		Although Halloun continued to refer to this collection of inscriptions as "Thamudic" and although he translated them as if they were a pre-Arabic dialect, he also expressed his reservation about the labeling and the dating of the inscriptions.
		If at one time it was assumed that inscriptions discovered in the Negev were but the traces of Thamudic tribes passing through the region, particularly along the main trade routes, this assemblage of inscriptions, as well as additional inscriptions, published and unpublished, now calls for a reevaluation of the subject.
	hbllmedia2.lib.byu.edu /~imaging/negev/Origins.html (2686 words)

	Visiting Wadi Rum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Thamudic inscriptions, at the foot of the the cliffs on both sides of the main wadi, can be found in ancient stone constructions.
		The temple was taken over by Thamudic tribes and Thamudic graffiti cover earlier Nabatean inscriptions, walls and columns.
		Throughout the valley are scattered slabs of rocks with inscriptions in early Thamudic writing, recording the names of travelers which passed through centuries ago.
	homepages.compuserve.de /mayakind/HISTORY.HTM (417 words)

	[No title]
		As is usually the case, the migrants took their (Bronze Age) language with them, and in the relative isolation of the desert, their language escaped the drastic changes that were developing all over the Syro-Palestinian region under the impact of a massive influx of non-Semitic speaking populations.
		In the past several years (1996-1997) an epigraphical survey was conducted in the region of Amman in conjunction with the Hinterland Survey of the Madaba Plains Project (MPP) directed by Dr. Oystein Labianca of Andrews University.
		During the first season, the area covered by the survey extended from Muwaqqar in the north to Qatrana in the south, and east from the Desert Highway approximately 25 km.
	www.asor.org /AM/AM98abstracts3.html (5255 words)

	Ancient Scripts: South Arabian
		The South Arabian proper appears around 500 BCE, and continued to be used until around 600 CE (at which time, of course, the entire Arabian Peninsula was converted to Islam and Arabic became the most important language).
		There were also contemporary relatives of this alphabet further to the north to write down the Thamudic, Lihyanite, and Safaitic languages.
		This script was transported across the Red Sea to Ethiopia, where it transformed into classical Ethiopic (Ge'ez) and modern-day Amharic.
	www.ancientscripts.com /s_arabian.html (195 words)

	Archaeology list of located sites
		Thamudic inscriptions and drawings (hunting scenes) on boulders at both the north and south of the bay.
		In the bay to the north of Dims Hajaj are Thamudic inscriptions on a boulder.
		Many Thamudic inscriptions on rocks and boulders all the way up the Wadi in addition to Post-Thamudic hunting scenes carved on the rocks.
	www.wadirum.jo /Library/Rum%20Reports/archlocatsit2.htm (353 words)

	Jordan MICE 2004
		Thamudic, Safaitic, Nabataean, Greek and Arabic graffiti litter the cliff faces, a rich repertoire of rock art replete with hunting scenes adorns cave walls, there are rudimentary stone age shelters scattered throughout the gorges and, near Jebel Rum, there is even an ancient Nabataean temple.
		Ain Ash-Shallaleh, also known as Lawrence’s Spring, is just a short walk up the hillside from the Nabatean temple, and one of the mountains was named by Lawrence as the Seven Pillars of Wisdom, and also became the inspiration for the title of his book by the same name.
		Their walls are often decorated with ancient Thamudic inscriptions and drawings, and Nabatean steps can be found leading into hidden upper recesses.
	www.miceonline.net /jordan/dest_wadi.htm (1243 words)

	Nabataea: The Multi-Alphabet Theory
		In Northern Arabia, and in the Nabataean region, South Semitic alphabets were used by the Lihyanite, Thamudic, and Safaitic languages.
		As with Thamudic inscriptions (see below), the rock art that often accompanies these texts gives us a great deal of information about the fauna of the region, and the activities of its inhabitants.
		Both Thamudic and Safaitic inscriptions are found on rock faces and boulders scattered throughout the deserts of Arabia.
	nabataea.net /write2.html (1745 words)

	American Oriental Society: Abstracts of Communications presented at the 207th Meeting 2
		In particular, the relationship of two North Arabian types has been a problem, namely those designated Safaitic and Thamudic "E." The former are found mainly in the fl basalt harra desert SE of Damascus and in NE Jordan.
		The Thamudic "E" texts are found further south primarily in the hisma desert of southern Jordan and NW Saudi Arabian.
		These finds represent the first substantial corpus of Thamudic "E" texts discovered in the region, demonstrating the type was dominant over the whole Transjordanian plateau.
	www.umich.edu /~aos/abs972.htm (6762 words)

	THE ORIGINS AND EMERGENCE OF WEST SEMITIC ALPHABETIC SCRIPTS
		146-149 titled, "Thamudic Inscriptions from the Negev." The four pages of this article contained fourteen inscriptions, one of which he pronounced "Illegible" (No. 10393), two of the remaining thirteen were composed of three and four lines respectively and the remaining ten were one liners.
		Although Halloun continued to refer to this collection of inscriptions as "Thamudic" and although he translated them as if they were a pre-Arabic dialect, he also expressed his reservation about the labeling and the dating of the inscriptions.
		If at one time it was assumed that inscriptions discovered in the Negev were but the traces of Thamudic tribes passing through the region, particularly along the main trade routes, this assemblage of inscriptions, as well as additional inscriptions, published and unpublished, now calls for a reevaluation of the subject.
	www.lib.byu.edu /~imaging/negev/Origins.html (2686 words)

	The Picket Wire People
		This particular collection of symbols was perhaps the best example of what has been called "writing" and what, according to Bill McGlone, could very well be in the ancient alphabet called Thamudic.
		The symbols appear to have been carved at different times, perhaps to mark the passing of time as with a calendar or to help with the telling of a long story.
		We only know that a Thamudic alphabet can be seen in these "musical notes" and appear to be purposely and meticulously etched with great effort and over a long period of time.
	www.mondovista.com /picket4.html (742 words)

	Saudi Caves-Voyage to the Star Well
		We can get an idea of its age from the inscriptions written in Thamudic script on many of the large rocks surrounding the old well, which, in turn, is enclosed by what appear to be the ruins of an ancient city.
		The Thamudic language was used in northern Arabia approximately 2000 years ago.
		It was written with a consonantal alphabet of 28 letters usually, but not always, from right to left, like other Semitic scripts.
	www.saudicaves.com /starwell/index.html (1147 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		A Study of New Discovered Thamudic Inscriptions from al-Mrayghah — South-Eastern Jordan Hseen AL Kedreh * Total Funding:1880 Funded by:Hashemite University Acceptance Date: 26/5/2003 Duration of Project : 12 months ABSTRACT This proposed research is an academic intensive study of some hitherto unknown Thamudic inscriptions from al-Mrayghah area in the South-Eastern Jordan.
		Since the ancient inscriptions are reliable sources reflecting different cultural aspects of a geographical domain in a specific period, the intended study will focus on an intensive analysis, on the historical, social, economic, religious and linguistic issues of the Thamudians which are emerging from the inscriptions.
		In addition, new Thamudic personal names, Toponyms, verbs, tribal names, and rock drawings and their indications will be identified.
	www.hu.edu.jo /oldlook/Inside/Faculties/G-Studies/Research/Docs/Funded-Research/Queen-Rania/1.doc (734 words)

	SBF - Liber Annuus 41 (1991)
		Thamudic and Nabataean Inscriptions from Umm al-Rasas p.423
		Eleven Thamudic and Nabataean inscriptions were discovered during excavations at Umm al-Rasas by the Studium Biblicum Franciscanum and the Department of Antiquities of Jordan.
		Two blocks with Thamudic graffiti had been incorporated into one plastered wall which eventually became the eastern wall of the Church of St. Stephen (VIII cent.
	www.christusrex.org /www1/ofm/sbf/SBFla91.html (3131 words)

	Avdat
		The Roman conquest of the area in 106 CE brought little change.
		Around 126 CE the city was destroyed by Thamudic and Safaitic nomadic tribes, and remained in ruins for more than a century.
		In the middle of the 3rd century the Romans incorporated the former Nabatean empire into a defense chain of the southern border of their Empire.
	www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/Society_&_Culture/geo/Avdat.html (1400 words)

	Wadi Rum, Jordan
		There are thousands of Thamudic drawings and inscriptions in the Wadi Rum area.
		The Thamud, a nomadic Arab tribe, migrated to Wadi Rum in the early Christian era, where they became associates of their far more cosmopolitan Nabataean neighbors.
		This scene includes most of the typical elements of Thamudic rock art: a hunter with bow and arrow (right), ibex, a camel, and a rider on horseback (bottom).
	www.art-and-archaeology.com /jordan/wrum/wr04.html (83 words)

	ideofact: Nabataeans & Writing
		The problem is that two of these languages are very similar to Nabataean in a number of ways.
		Safaitic and Thamudic have a different script to Nabataean, but they seem to be very similar languages.
		What is confusing is that the people who wrote in these other scripts had the same gods as the Nabataeans and often had the same names as Nabataeans.
	www.ideofact.com /archives/000044.html (759 words)

	Definition of thamudic - Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
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	www.merriam-webster.com /dictionary/thamudic (41 words)

	"Devils handwriting" - Unexplained Mysteries Discussion Forums
		So, it's Thamudic era...give or take a few...it blends into two others (this from memory).
		Now, let me educate you all on Thamudic and I will provide some samples for you all who don't want to go out and search.
		This language is a close relative of the Thamudic, and this is the first writings I came across that resembled Ludovico's mystery script.
	www.unexplained-mysteries.com /forum/index.php?showtopic=46506&st=45&p=1024430&#entry1024430 (2377 words)

	On HorseBack Through Wadi Rum (Horse Riding) - Amman, Jordan
		The desert floor is alive with broom, tamarisk and thorn bushes, much of it utilised by the local Bedouins as food, soap and medicine.
		The Nabateans and the nomadic Thamudic tribes that populated these regions during the early Christian periods have left us some tantalizing glimpses of their time here, in the form of inscriptions dotted throughout the area.
		Our rides are not set Ã¢â¬â we ride through the myriad of canyons and wadis as we explore, perhaps through the canyons of Enfashia and Wadi Umm Eshreen, across fields of fiery red sand and through Wadi Saladeh to Jabal Alradeh, a spectacular coloured landscape that hides a wide variety of natural wonders.
	www.adventuresportsholidays.com /all/on-horseback-through-wadi-rum-amman-6234.php (1332 words)

	Aramco ExPats - Rock Art's Tales
		A survey conducted in the area in 1985 recorded 10,734 different panels of rock art and inscriptions in the province.
		The Thamud were first mentioned in the annals of the Assyrian king Sargon II (721-705 BCE).
		Nabataean, Thamudic and Kufic (early Islamic) inscriptions are located on the base rocks on which the castle is built.
	www.aramcoexpats.com /Content.aspx?ContentID=1833 (535 words)

	SingaporeMoms - Parenting Encyclopedia - Pre-Islamic Arabic inscriptions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		A fairly substantial number of Arabian inscriptions survive from the pre-Islamic era; however, very few are in the Arabic alphabet.
		Some are in the Arabic language, or its closest relatives; these notably include the Thamudic, Lihyanic, and Safaitic inscriptions in the north and the Epigraphic South Arabian (Sabaean, Himyaritic, etc.) inscriptions in the south, both in variants of the South Arabian musnad alphabet, as well as Nabataean inscriptions in Aramaic and Arabic.
		The first known text in the Arabic alphabet is a late fourth-century inscription, found in the temple of al-Lat at Jabal Ramm (50 km east of Aqaba, Jordan.) It consists of three lines of Arabic and a bent line of Thamudic.
	www.singaporemoms.com /parenting/Pre-Islamic_Arabic_inscriptions (380 words)

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