December
19
/ 2024
Archaeologists from several universities in the Republic of Georgia unearthed an ancient stone slab tablet that featured carved symbols covering its face. This unusual artifact, which is believed to be thousands of years old, was found along the shoreline of Bashplemi Lake in the southern part of the country, near a location where the skull of a 1.8-million-year-old hominin was discovered in the past. While these symbols are recognizable as letters and/or numbers, the actual language they come from has been lost, and as of now its discoverers have no idea what the tablet says. The tablet, which is made from basalt, includes a total of 60 characters, 39 of which are unique. They are arranged in seven rows, and
