They offer 2,000 euros to decipher an enigmatic inscription

May 9, 2019

It is a mysterious rock formation with centenarian inscriptions.

The town hall Plougastel-Daoulas, in Finisterre which is located northwest of France, offers a reward of 2,000 EUR to those who can decipher the enigmatic message, consisting of the sequence of letters and symbols found on a centenary rock on the outskirts of the city of Britain. The call is addressed to linguists, historians, academics, students or ordinary citizens who decode codes as hobbies.

The rock has been compared to the "stone of Rosetta ", the great stele of the old L & # 39; Egypt it's in the British Museum and whose inscription has been partially deciphered by the French Egyptologist Jean-François Champollion.

"This inscription is a mystery and that's why we launched the call"he said Véronique Martin, who is the leader in the search for the possible decipherer. The rock, which is about the size of a person, is accessible by a road from the village of Illien Ar Guen, just north of Raven's Point.

You can see two dates: 1786 and 1787. "These dates correspond more or less to the years when several artillery batteries have protected Brest and especially the Crow fort, which is right next door, "he said. Martin

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On the other hand, the mayor of Plougastel-Daoulas, Dominique Cap, He expressed: "There are people who tell us that they are Basque and others tell us that it is old Breton". In addition, the official added that the rock was discovered for the first time three or four years ago.

A jury will meet to choose the most plausible suggestion and award the award. "There are many words, there are letters of our alphabet […]we can not decipher them, "he said. Michel Paugam, the municipal councilor in charge of local heritage.