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  • Mysterious carving with biblical message linked to Jesus' crucifixion found in North America

    06/16/2025 4:58:09 PM PDT · by yesthatjallen · 17 replies
    Daily Mail UK ^ | 06 16 2025 | STACY LIBERATORE
    Archaeologists have cracked the code of 255 mysterious symbols carved into a rock in Canada more than 200 years ago. The writing was discovered in 2018 after a fallen tree revealed the square-shaped inscription near the town of Wawa, located about 155 miles from the nearest US border crossing in Michigan. Ryan Primrose, an archaeologist from the Ontario Center for Archaeological Education, has now revealed that the symbols form the Lord’s Prayer — a well-known Christian prayer — written in Swedish. He identified the characters as Nordic runes, part of an old alphabet once used in Sweden and other parts...
  • World's oldest doodle found on rock

    07/17/2010 11:49:26 PM PDT · by shibumi · 38 replies
    Telegraph.co.uk ^ | July 17, 2010 | Staff
    Scientists have discovered what is believed to be one of the world's oldest doodles - an ancient scrawl carved onto a rock by a caveman 4,500 years ago. Cambridge University experts believe the crudely etched circles are the Neolithic version of a modern office worker's scribbles on a post-it note. The 6.6in (17cm) chunk of sandstone was discovered by an amateur archaeologist from the bottom of a deep quarry in Over, Cambs., during a university fun day.