Plougastel-Daoulas' 230-year-old mysterious rock's inscription finally deciphered

A mysterious 230-year-old rock in town of Plougastel-Daoulas has been stumping translators for deces w. It h a mysterious rock inscription engraved on it. After a year of launching a contest by Plougastel-Daoulas officials to decipher writing, experts have finally found an answer to it.

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In May 2019, officials of Plougastel-Daoulas town in France challenged people to encode 20-line mysterious rock inscription. contest h a €2000 cash prize. inscription on rock can only be seen during low tide. mysterious rock inscription of Plougastel-Daoulas has two dates 1786 and 1787. re are also different letters and symbols like a heart topped cross and ship.

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More than 2000 people replied to contest. entries were received from all over world. Neighbouring countries like Belgium and countries from far end of world like Thailand also participated in contest. authorities of Plougastel-Daoulas collected all results. y received 61 possible translations for mess. Local officials from Plougastel-Daoulas selected two entries for prize. se two entries were most likely possible hyposis.

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According to a media report, one of entries suggested at a possibility that mysterious rock inscription is an obituary for a soldier who went on a sail but never returned. person who engraved mysterious rock inscription might have been a friend of disappeared sailor. second entry suggested a similar hyposis. According to media report, it said that mysterious rock inscription was left by someone who wanted to curse people responsible for death of his friend.

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mysterious rock inscription in town of Plougastel-Daoulas is done in Breton langu. Breton langu on mysterious rock inscription was used in 18th century. re are also some mentions of Welsh and Scandinavian langu.