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bonus cave 1 (abc history)
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dustin
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DUSTIN                            2023-04-08 10:10
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BONUS CAVE 1: PREVIOUS VERSION OF "C/G FOR STICK"  
  
THIS WAS MA FIRST DESIGN FOR THE THIRD CAVE, WHICH WAS DEDICATED TO THE RELATED LETTERS "C" AND "G".  
  
YOU CAN SEE:  
| THE RANDOM FILL FROM BD1-C COMBINED WITH THE ΘΘΘ FROM BD1-G  
| A BIG CAMEL IN THE MIDDLE (EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPH)  
| THE PROTO-SINAITIC VERSION OF THE LETTERS "C" AND "G" (LOWER-LEFT CORNER)  
| THE GREEK LETTER "GAMMA" (LOWER-RIGHT CORNER)  
| THE ETRUSCIAN VERSION OF "C" (MID-RIGHT)  
| HOW THE LATIN LETTER "C" BECAME "G" (TOP-LEFT)  
  
SOME HISTORIANS SUGGEST THAT THE CAMEL-HIEROGLYPH MIGHT HAVE INSPIRED THE PROTO-SINAITIC AND PHOENICIAN "C"/"G" VERSIONS.THIS IS SUPPORTED BY THE FACT THAT THE PHOENICIAN WORD FOR THAT LETTER, "GIMEL", WAS ALSO THEIR WORD FOR "CAMEL".   
  
IT'S STILL HARD TO IMAGINE HOW SUCH A COMPLEX HIEROGLYPH COULD BECAME THE SIMPLE-SHAPED LETTER IN THE LOWER-LEFT CORNER!? THAT'S WHY MOST HISTORIANS THINK THAT THE PHOENICIANS HAD CALLED THEIR LETTER "GAML" (="THROW STICK") AT FIRST. LATER, THEY PROBABLY RENAMED A FEW OF THEIR LETTERS, AMONG THOSE MAY HAVE BEEN THIS "GAML" LETTER WHICH BECAME "GIMEL".  
  
IN THE END, I FOUND THIS CAVE SLIGHTLY MISLEADING BECAUSE IT IS DOMINATED BY A CAMEL WHICH PROBABLY DIDN'T HAVE MUCH TO DO WITH THE EVOLUTION OF THE LETTERS. SO I RE-DESIGNED THE CAVE AND MADE SEPERATE CAVES FOR "C" AND "G".  
  
CAVE DIFFICULTY: 3/10