Unknown Letters

Archaeologists have found an ancient tablet. That happens frequently, but this tablet is different. It contains 39 letters and they don’t belong to any known language. So they can’t read it to find out what it says.

The tablet is made of basalt and is about the same size as a piece of paper. The unknown script characters have been expertly etched onto its surface. It was discovered in the Bashplemi Lake region of George. This is the same site where a 1.8-million-year-old hominin was discovered.

Their study revealed the tablet measured 9.4 inches by 7.9 inches and was made from local basalt. It contained 7 rows of writing for a total of 60 characters, 39 of them different.

The initial comparison to over 20 languages revealed that the characters have some similarities with Semitic, Brahmani, and North Iberian languages. Most of the symbols resemble ones found in the Middle East, as well as from geographically remote areas such as India, Egypt, and West Iberia.

It is believed that some of the characters are numbers and punctuation marks, so the tablet may contain an alphabet.

The tablet was found in an archaeologically rich location. Adding an unknown language only enhances the intrigue of Bashplemi Lake. The characters showed intensely skilled craftsmanship, and were made with advanced tools for the time.

Speculation on what it says is all there is to go on for now.

 

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Tiny Humanoids

It is believed that a small species of human (homo floresiensis) lied on the island of Flores, Indonesia, around 50,000 years ago. But one professor believes that—evolution or not—the apelike humanoids could still live there. He has studied homo floresiensis for about 4 decades and wrote a book about them in 2022. He believes in what the locals call the lai ho’a.

The lai ho’a is described as being small but still alive. There are even people who claim to have seen them. These creatures are said to have a human-like upright gait, are hairier than humans but not as hairy as an ape, and have an ape-like face.

Roughly 20 years ago, fossils were found that seemed to be of the lai ho’a. The professor’s book proposes that these creatures lived at least into modern times and that there’s chance that a small population still exists.

 

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