Phoenician alphabet - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Phoenician_alphabetThe Phoenician alphabet was deciphered in 1758 by Jean-Jacques Barthélemy, but its relation to the Phoenicians remained unknown until the 19th century. It was at first believed that the script was a direct variation of Egyptian hieroglyphs, [21] which were deciphered by Champollion in the early 19th century.