Mysteries
Secrets of Pictish Stones
Do the symbols carved in the stone above represent a complex written languageor are they merely religious imagery? That's the mystery scientists have been trying to solve ever since they laid their eyes on Pictish Symbol Stones made by an Iron Age Celtic people known as the Picts between 300 C.E. and 843 C.E. Now researchers have analyzed the images of stags, wolves, and mythical beasts, as well as abstract rectangles, disks, and lines, with a statistical algorithm that differentiates between random character strings and those conveying meaning. ...................................................................................................................................... Source: Sciencenow
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