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The oldest writing of western Europe", in: Scientific Atlantology International Society, 2005, the text is tentatively read as ATal-TaRTe, commented as follows: "…It is impossible to deny that these words (Atal) look much like the root that appears in the name of Atlantis, that is an adjectival Atlas form, whereas Tarte adjusts to the root reconstructed by the Spanish specialists on the old name of Tartessos…". "Plato in his history of Atlantis tells that the Atlanteans knew the writing. Strabo affirms that the Turdetanean's towns, direct descendants of the Tartessians, conserved historical annals and laws written in a grammar that went back to more than 6000 years before its time.
Originally posted by boncho
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Now, the way they are carved is uncanny to how the Chinese script is written in real life. Although, I don't know the history of the Chinese language enough to say that these characters were always written this way or have changed throughout the years.
But it is curious nonetheless.
Here are wiki links to the characters in question,
One
Two
edit on 3-4-2011 by boncho because: (no reason given)