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General Discussion => Science & Nature => Topic started by: sam on May 25, 2010, 03:28

Title: (Un)Dead Languages: 10 Mysterious Undeciphered Scripts
Post by: sam on May 25, 2010, 03:28

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Whether they contain spiritual secrets or mere mundane accounts of daily life, the ancient texts that today’s scholars just can’t seem to decipher could be keys to understanding civilizations that have long since passed from this world. Many of these 10 dead languages will never be understood, yet they live on as a cryptic reminder of the complexity not just of the world we live in but of our own history as a species.

http://weburbanist.com/2010/05/24/undead-languages-10-mysterious-undeciphered-scripts/

Interesting stuff... and I dunno but slightly spooky.

Title: Re: (Un)Dead Languages: 10 Mysterious Undeciphered Scripts
Post by: Clive on May 25, 2010, 08:47

Erich von Däniken would have the answer:  Aliens!   ;D

Title: Re: (Un)Dead Languages: 10 Mysterious Undeciphered Scripts
Post by: sam on May 25, 2010, 13:43

 :laugh:

Title: Re: (Un)Dead Languages: 10 Mysterious Undeciphered Scripts
Post by: davy51 on May 25, 2010, 14:34

i thought we might have some on here that would remember how to translate those  :baad: :lol2:

Title: Re: (Un)Dead Languages: 10 Mysterious Undeciphered Scripts
Post by: Clive on May 25, 2010, 18:02

They lurk among us Davy.   ;D

Title: Re: (Un)Dead Languages: 10 Mysterious Undeciphered Scripts
Post by: davy51 on May 26, 2010, 00:26

Quote from: Clive on May 25, 2010, 18:02

They lurk among us Davy.   ;D

I cant remember those languages

 I was in another part of the world at the time so I guess I missed seeing them :laugh:

Title: Re: (Un)Dead Languages: 10 Mysterious Undeciphered Scripts
Post by: sam on May 26, 2010, 02:54

I'm sure David Cameron was around for a few of these given the dinosaur politics he is issuing.

Title: Re: (Un)Dead Languages: 10 Mysterious Undeciphered Scripts
Post by: Clive on May 26, 2010, 09:10

Glad I'm not the only one to think that!  

Title: Re: (Un)Dead Languages: 10 Mysterious Undeciphered Scripts
Post by: Simon on May 26, 2010, 21:59

Now now!  He's only been in power a fortnight!  ;D

Title: Re: (Un)Dead Languages: 10 Mysterious Undeciphered Scripts
Post by: Clive on May 26, 2010, 22:48

He's screwed the country up already!   :bawl:

Title: Re: (Un)Dead Languages: 10 Mysterious Undeciphered Scripts
Post by: Simon on May 27, 2010, 00:44

I think Brown got there first.  ;)

Title: Re: (Un)Dead Languages: 10 Mysterious Undeciphered Scripts
Post by: sam on May 27, 2010, 01:47

least we forget... this was all put into place 30 years... if not earlier before. We aren't suffering the effects of Gordon Brown... just the combination of everyone who has come before him.

Title: Re: (Un)Dead Languages: 10 Mysterious Undeciphered Scripts
Post by: Simon on May 27, 2010, 11:03

Indeed.  But Brown's easy to blame.  ;D

Title: Re: (Un)Dead Languages: 10 Mysterious Undeciphered Scripts
Post by: sam on May 27, 2010, 14:05

fair enough, but I do wonder how many people voted conservative because they blamed brown and not the past...

Title: Re: (Un)Dead Languages: 10 Mysterious Undeciphered Scripts
Post by: Simon on May 27, 2010, 14:34

Well, Brown was chancellor for 10 years prior to becoming PM, so I think he has a lot to answer for, but point taken, Sam.

Title: Re: (Un)Dead Languages: 10 Mysterious Undeciphered Scripts
Post by: sam on May 27, 2010, 15:04

I agree - I just find it hard to focus on one individual, especially when its a global problem.

Title: Re: (Un)Dead Languages: 10 Mysterious Undeciphered Scripts
Post by: Simon on May 27, 2010, 15:16

Oh yes, it's a global issue, and we can't pin the whole blame on one person for all of it, but I don't think Brown has done the UK many favours recently.  That said, he did save us from Blair going into the Euro otherwise we might have been in the same position as Greece!