Script Nerd News Today

all sport voice-over: this is bbc news. we will have the headlines for you at the top of the hour, which is straight after this programme. im alice morrison, an adventurer and writer. ive cycled across africa and run across the sahara. now im on the trail of a mysterious and forgotten arabian civilisation — the nabataeans. are we standing in the birthplace of written arabic? i think i would say that, yes. they were nomads who forged a rich civilisation here in the harsh desert condit...

Script itself. so are we standing in the birthplace of written arabic? yes, i think i would say that, yes. for an arabic scholar — i studied arabic for a long time — learning that im actually standing in the birthplace of the script is... is... its thrilling. its very exciting. im a script nerd. the hundreds of unique inscriptions at hegra are just one draw for academics who come here from all around the world looking for answers about this mysterious people, and theres a real push to find o...