Bashplemi Lake tablet (left) with its 60 inscriptions in bold (right). (Shengalia et al., Journal of Ancient History and Archaeology , 2024) Bashplemi Lake in central Georgia.

A stone tablet was discovered in the country of Georgia’s Bashplemi Lake in 2021. Since then it has baffled archeologists as they have no idea what is written on it.

A few years ago, fishermen in the Dmanisi municipality of Georgia discovered a stone tablet inscribed with a mysterious language —a script that has the potential to upend the history of ancient ...

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