Authorities are turning the mystery over to the public, appealing to historians, academics, linguists, students and hobbyists to crack the code in exchange for a $2,240 reward
Experts in Plougastel-Daoulas, a village in Brittany, northwest France, have been unable to decrypt the inscription on a rock outside the village, estimated to be centuries old, the Agence France-Presse news agency reports.
According to AFP, the as-yet impenetrable inscription reads in parts:"ROC AR B... DRE AR GRIO SE EVELOH AR VIRIONES BAOAVEL... R I OBBIIE: BRISBVILAR... FROIK...AL." Michel Paugam, a municipal councilor who oversees local heritage, told AFP:"There are a lot of words, they're letters from our alphabet, but we can't read them, we can't make them out."FRED TANNEAU/AFP/Getty Images
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