Help Decipher Ancient Chinese Secret – IOTW Report

Help Decipher Ancient Chinese Secret

 

South China Morning Post

The National Museum of Chinese Writing in Anyang, Henan province, has issued a worldwide appeal for help to decipher thousands of esoteric characters cut into bones and shells dating back more than 3,000 years to the Shang dynasty.

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If I’m reading the article right, they’re willing to pay $15,000 a character for any that are deciphered.

11 Comments on Help Decipher Ancient Chinese Secret

  1. Deciphering Ancient Writings, Can Be as Esoteric as Reading Petroglyphs !
    Once you are Far enough In’to the Breakdown , and your Interpretation Comes Out… There’s a Good Chance it Will Be of The Interpretors Own Making ! Sort of out of their Own Sub- Conscious Mind ! So Interpret Away On Your Own, It’s More Fun that Way !!!

  2. So very fascinating! And to think, had I just started studying this in my 20s, I’d have a boatload of $$$ today! Ah–some things are not meant to be…but other things are, i.e. Mr. Trump is our President and the swampy cesspool is being drained a bit more every day.

    That’s more exciting than money (at the moment!) !!!

  3. So very fascinating! And to think, had I just started studying this in my 20s, I’d have a boatload of $$$ today! Ah–some things are not meant to be…but other things are, i.e. Mr. Trump is our President and the swampy cesspool is being drained a bit more every day.

    That’s more exciting than money (at the moment!) !!!

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