6 Strangest Archaeological Discoveries

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The Written Rock Of Gelt

About 1800 years ago, a quarry in Cumbria was occupied by some Roman soldiers. As every human before and after them, they wanted to carve a message for their followers in the stone walls of the quarry. A dozen centuries later William Camden found their drawings, called the whole thing the Written Wall of Gelt, but was unable to properly record them due to stone erosion. In 1980 the quarry collapsed and decades later, the researchers using modern 3D scanning tech were able to reach and scan at least some of the writings.

The Written Rock Of Gelt

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