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2,200-year-old mysterious script sat undeciphered for decades — until now, experts say

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Starting in the the 1950s, archaeologists conducting excavations in central Asia have discovered several dozen inscriptions in a ...
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Want a Million Dollars? Get Busy Deciphering This Ancient Script.

A prize offered by an Indian state leader is intended to shed light on a Bronze Age civilization — and settle a cultural battle. By Pragati K.B. Reporting from New Delhi It is a riddle that has ...
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Officials Are Offering $1 Million to Anyone Who Can Decode This Ancient Script

Seals with the signs and symbols of the Indus Valley civilization are waiting to be deciphered. Gary Todd via Wikimedia Commons under CC0 1.0 More than 5,300 years ago, a civilization emerged along ...
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2,200-year-old mysterious script sat undeciphered for decades — until now, experts say

Starting in the the 1950s, archaeologists conducting excavations in central Asia have discovered several dozen inscriptions in a mysterious script. The writing system was coined “ecriture inconnue” in ...
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2,200-year-old mysterious script sat undeciphered for decades — until now, experts say

Experts used parallel texts to analyze and decipher the unknown Kushan script, according to the University of Cologne. Photograph: André Boutiere, 1967, courtesy of the Collège de France, Archives, ...