I love history, I love finding out about how our ancestors lived and the knowledge they
had - finding everything out is kind of like a detective game. However, sometimes, we cant
solve what they left behind. We often find messages whos meanings are hidden from us
- sometimes theyre lost in the sands of time, but sometimes theyre hidden for a reason.
Im Danny Burke and this is the top 10 Hidden Messages Found In Ancient Ruins … You may
also like our secret messages from the past video - similar topic - whole bunch of different
stories - for now though we are getting into our number 10 with The Rongorongo writing.
26 tablets found on the remote Easter Island, thousands of miles out in the pacific ocean.
Written on them are glyphs which historians have not been able to decipher since they
were discovered over 150 years ago. The images are shaped like humans, animals, plants and
geometric patterns. Every symbol contains a head hat is facing up, forward or to the
right - each one is about a cm high. Thats pretty much all we know. Its thought that
the writing may contain clues as to how the civilization that lived here ended up collapsing.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rongorongo
At number 9 now we have the Safaitic Rock Scripts. In Jordans black desert - among the
scorched sand - lie some rocks with strange writing left by the people who lived there
over 2000 years ago. They contain images of horses, antelopes, lions and birds. Archaeological
evidence seems to show these people also had access to abundant water. The writing belongs
to a language family known as Safaitic script. Its an almost haunting discovery to find this
in the middle of the desert - ancient writing of a world that has since vanished …
https://www.livescience.com/56944-ancient-inscriptions-found-in-black-desert.html
Next up at number 8 we have the Comox Valley Pebbles. In 2016, archaeologists were working
at a Komoks First Nation tribal site on Vancouver Island. Among a lot of orginary finds they
found 80 pebbles with inscriptions on them. Each one had a symbol of either a tree, feather
or the sign for fertility. They are thought to be over 2000 years old but other than that,
the archaeologists are not sure what they patterns mean. To find so many of them indicates
the symbols held great importance to the people who lived there, but their meaning still eludes
us …
http://www.comoxvalleyrecord.com/news/sfu-archeology-students-discover-tablets-that-could-be-2000-years-old/
Next up at number 7 we have The Tourist. In July 2017, Polish archaeologists found messages
carved into the walls of the tombs at the Valley - written by tourists. Thats right,
the 2,000 year old scribbles were written in ancient greek and left by Greek philosophers
who followed plato. The writing was mainly reviews of what the tourists thought of the
tombs - kind of like a 2,000 year old yelp review. Little did they know their reviews
would be read 2,000 years in the future.
https://enterprise.press/stories/2017/07/05/old-school-tripadvisor-discovered-in-ancient-egyptian-tombs/
Coming in at number 6 we have The Word. In 1825, a strange sword with a cryptic code
on it was found in an English river. The now 800 year old sword had an 18 long string of
letters on its blade - and nobody knows what it says. Some have said the sword shows Viking
origins while others say it is more medieval european. The sword now lies in the British
Librarys magna carta exhibition and they have been appealing for anyone to help them decipher
the message …
http://blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/2015/08/help-us-decipher-this-inscription.html
Moving on to number 5 now we have The Zhuang qiao Relics. China has had civilizations living
there for a very long time. In 2013, archaeologists digging at the Zhuan Qiao relics site made
a shocking discovery. They found artifacts with 5,000 year old inscriptions on them - thats
1,400 years older than what they thought was the most ancient written Chinese language.
Experts studying the text think they found a 6 word string of shapes strung together
to make a sentence - but it will be a long way to discovering the hidden message this
writing holds. I think everyone would be fascinated to discover what the text says because its
just so old - when it was written, there were still mammoths walking the Earth. Hows that
for a mind blow.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/china-discovers-primitive-5-000-year-old-writing-article-1.1394751
Next up at number 4 we have The Rosetta Stone. This meaning of this isnt hidden any more
- but its too good to leave off the list. This block of granite was discovered in 1799
and was found to be from Egypts Ptolomy dynasty - almost 2000 years ago. The text at the top
was written in Ancient Egyptian using hieroglyphs. At the time of its discovery, nobody knew
how to translate Egyptian Hieroglyphs - it was a language lost in time. However, the
Rosetta Stone also contained another text at the bottom - it appeared to be exactly
the same message but written in ancient Greek - a language very much understood. Armed with
this, experts began to decode the hidden meanings of the hieroglyphs and translate every piece
of writing they could find ...
At number 3 now we have The Mikavah Writing. A Mikavah is an ancient Jewish Ritual Bath
- many of them have been found in Israel but one in particular has archaeologists stumped.
One of these baths was found in Jerusalem in 2015 - its thought to be about 2,000 years
old and contains a number of words and symbols that have not been deciphered yet. Theres
images of boats and palm trees scattered over the wall. Some of the letters are in Aramaic
- the language Jesus spoke. They also date to around the time he lived. Experts say this
is a very significant find - they just want to understand the message …
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-33790405
Moving on to number 2 now we have the Shugborough Inscription. In the grounds of Englands Shugborough
Hall, youll find an 18th century monument comissioned by a man called Thomas Anson.
On it, there is an inscription of two lines - the first reads O U O S V A V V while the
second is D and M separated by a large space. Its believed that this is a latin inscription
but nobody knows anything more than that. Countless people have tried to decipher it
over the years - even men like Charles Darwin and Charles Dickens have tried and failed.
It looks like this cryptic message will never be decoded - but that doesnt stop many from
trying even to this day …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shugborough_inscription
And finaly at number 1 we have the Indus Script. Experts know that the Indus valley people
and their culture were the precursor to many of the cultures and languages found throughout
India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bangldesh and Malaysia. So, youd think everyone would know
how to read their language right? Wrong. Over 4,000 items have been found with the Indus
language on - mainly ranging from 4.5 - 4 thousand years old. Experts have yet to understand
what any of them mean. The problem is, the length of the average script they find is
so short that they cant study it for repeated patterns to try and figure out what the symbols
actually mean.
http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2009/08/28/2669603.html
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