Trace the living evolution of the alphabet — from the ox-head hieroglyph that became Aleph, to the letters we write today. An interactive journey 4,000 years in the making.
Click each stage to explore • Tap the full letter card for a detailed journey
Around 2000 BCE, Egyptian scribes drew the head of an ox to represent a sound. Canaanite workers in the Sinai mines borrowed this picture, turned it upside-down, and called it Aleph — "ox". The Phoenicians rotated it sideways. The Greeks called it Alpha. Arab scholars refined it into the elegant vertical stroke of Alef (ا) — the first letter of the Arabic alphabet.
من رأس ثور إلى حرف الألف — رحلة عبر أربعة آلاف سنة، من وادي النيل إلى كنعان إلى بلاد الشام، لتصل إلى كلّ من يكتب بالعربية اليوم.
Start the Full Journey →Every ancient letter is a living artefact. Explore its visual DNA across civilisations.
Discover the real-world objects — ox, house, door, fence — that gave birth to every letter shape.
Navigate through 5 evolution stages per letter with smooth SVG morphing animations.
Each letter carries a unique numeric ID (PHN-001 etc.) for scholarly reference and easy additions.
Full Arabic & English content with RTL support — built for global audiences.
A protected admin panel lets authorised editors add, update, or remove letters at any time.
All data lives in your browser — no server, no internet required. Works anywhere.