ALPHABET: Numerals Found. A theory of the origins of letters and numbers through hand signals.
In 1976 I went to the Royal Academy of Arts where they were holding a special exhibition for a few months on Pompeii. All the items on display were from the time of Pompeii AD 79. One of these objects in particular was a small coin piece used in a board game. The engraving of the coin displayed a hand sign that had the middle, ring and little fingers closed with the thumb and index finger touching. On the other side of the coin were displayed the Roman numerals XIII, being thirteen. I recognised that the 3 closed fingers of the hand resembled an ‘M’, which is also the thirteenth letter of the alphabet.
I became very curious about this hand sign and I realised it was far older than the alphabet. In 1980s I had also made another observation about the hand gesture Pope John Paul II uses for ‘bless’. This hand sign displays his ring and little finger bent down whilst the others are raised. In fact, the use of this hand sign dates back to ancient times and was seen used in Egyptian civilisations. This hand sign resembled a B, the second letter of the alphabet. I noticed a connection between these two letters ’M’ and ‘B’, this initiated my exploration into the Finger Number System.
In 2008, I began my research on the FNS and finally cracked the code of the alphabet. I realised that this ancient FNS is much older than the alphabet. During my research, I contacted the British Museum and was advised to take out “The Universal History of numbers” by George Ifrah. I was shocked to see that such a thick book filled with information, only contained a few page relating to the FNS. Within the book I found a drawing of an Egyptian Tomb wall that showed workers using the FNS to log their resources.
In 1976 I went to the Royal Academy of Arts where they were holding a special exhibition for a few months on Pompeii. All the items on display were from the time of Pompeii AD 79. One of these objects in particular was a small coin piece used in a board game. The engraving of the coin displayed a hand sign that had the middle, ring and little fingers closed with the thumb and index finger touching. On the other side of the coin were displayed the Roman numerals XIII, being thirteen. I recognised that the 3 closed fingers of the hand resembled an ‘M’, which is also the thirteenth letter of the alphabet.
I became very curious about this hand sign and I realised it was far older than the alphabet. In 1980s I had also made another observation about the hand gesture Pope John Paul II uses for ‘bless’. This hand sign displays his ring and little finger bent down whilst the others are raised. In fact, the use of this hand sign dates back to ancient times and was seen used in Egyptian civilisations. This hand sign resembled a B, the second letter of the alphabet. I noticed a connection between these two letters ’M’ and ‘B’, this initiated my exploration into the Finger Number System.
In 2008, I began my research on the FNS and finally cracked the code of the alphabet. I realised that this ancient FNS is much older than the alphabet. During my research, I contacted the British Museum and was advised to take out “The Universal History of numbers” by George Ifrah. I was shocked to see that such a thick book filled with information, only contained a few page relating to the FNS. Within the book I found a drawing of an Egyptian Tomb wall that showed workers using the FNS to log their resources.
In 1976 I went to the Royal Academy of Arts where they were holding a special exhibition for a few months on Pompeii. All the items on display were from the time of Pompeii AD 79. One of these objects in particular was a small coin piece used in a board game. The engraving of the coin displayed a hand sign that had the middle, ring and little fingers closed with the thumb and index finger touching. On the other side of the coin were displayed the Roman numerals XIII, being thirteen. I recognised that the 3 closed fingers of the hand resembled an ‘M’, which is also the thirteenth letter of the alphabet.
I became very curious about this hand sign and I realised it was far older than the alphabet. In 1980s I had also made another observation about the hand gesture Pope John Paul II uses for ‘bless’. This hand sign displays his ring and little finger bent down whilst the others are raised. In fact, the use of this hand sign dates back to ancient times and was seen used in Egyptian civilisations. This hand sign resembled a B, the second letter of the alphabet. I noticed a connection between these two letters ’M’ and ‘B’, this initiated my exploration into the Finger Number System.
In 2008, I began my research on the FNS and finally cracked the code of the alphabet. I realised that this ancient FNS is much older than the alphabet. During my research, I contacted the British Museum and was advised to take out “The Universal History of numbers” by George Ifrah. I was shocked to see that such a thick book filled with information, only contained a few page relating to the FNS. Within the book I found a drawing of an Egyptian Tomb wall that showed workers using the FNS to log their resources.