Decoding antiquity: Eight scripts that still can't be read

[gwinna]

WRITING is one of the greatest inventions in human history. Perhaps the greatest, since it made history possible. Without writing, there could be no accumulation of knowledge, no historical record, no science - and of course no books, newspapers or internet

Comments

[queerdragon6]

Thank you for sharing this. I have always been fascinated by undeciphered languages.

[gwinna]

You're very welcome :)

[sade_peikko]

This was really interesting, thank you so much!

[gwinna]

You're welcome! :)

[robot_mel]

Interesting article though I take issue with the and much later in Europe, China and Central America as China has discovered some pretty ancient writing, 4,500-year-old inscriptions on pottery from Henan province in central China.

[gwinna]

There are a couple of lines I take issue with ("Without writing, there could be no accumulation of knowledge, no historical record, no science" for example), but I just pass on stories I find interesting, and let everyone else make their own judgments :)

funny bit of timing, since this comic appeared today...

[finstergrrrl]

Re: funny bit of timing, since this comic appeared today...

[gwinna]

Nice. ;)

Re: funny bit of timing, since this comic appeared today...

[vequira]

Haha! love it!