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"Worthington has spent years working on the enigmatic cryptograms, which were uncovered when the buried ruins of Dūr-Šarrukīn were excavated during the 19th and 20th century.
In their short form, they consist of a lion, a fig tree, and a plough. In their longer form, five symbols appear in sequence, with the lion followed by a bird and a bull, then the tree and then the plough."
Experts finally crack mysterious code in ancient Assyrian temples
An ancient code that has mystified experts for more than a century has finally been cracked.The series of symbols appear in temples across Dūr-Šarrukīn, which was once the capital of Assyria.The Assyrian empire, which stretched across swathes of the Middle East between the 14th and 7th centuries BCE…
Harriet Brewis
