Christian Messages in Old Irish Script Deciphered from Rock Carvings …
Jan 1, 2023 · The rock-cut inscriptions which are the subject of this article are located at archaeological sites in Wyoming and Boone Counties, West Virginia. They appear to date from the 6th—8th centuries A.D., and they are written in Old Irish language, employing an alphabet called Ogam, found also on ancient rock-cut inscriptions in Ireland.
Scientists say carvings in southern W.Va. are Native American, not Irish
Jul 22, 2024 · Mysterious though the carvings are, officials with the Council for West Virginia Archaeology stressed the problem in an open letter that rebutted assumptions that carvings in a cliff at Lynco, near Oceana, West Virginia, in Wyoming County, are of European origin.
Light Dawns on West Virginia History | Council for West Virginia …
The Tifinag on the rock shelter carvings translates into the North African Berber (Libyan) language. Apparently, the blonde Tuareg Berbers preserved the ancient Tifinag alphabet as well as the physical traits of the Norse, who traded with the Berbers and settled in North Africa.
The rock-cut inscriptions which are the subject of this article are located at archaeological sites in Wyoming and Boone Counties, West Virginia. They appear to date from the 6th—8th centuries A.D., and they are written in Old Irish language, employing an alphabet called Ogam, found also on ancient rock-cut inscriptions in Ireland.
A Message from the Past | Council for West Virginia Archaeology
Dec 30, 2022 · For many years, people assumed that the weathered writings, called the Wyoming County Petroglyph, were the work of American Indians. But a recent translation of the message there by an expert on ancient languages is astonishing and promises new significant insight into West Virginia's early history. WHAT IS A PETROGLYPH?
Celt Explorers in West Virginia's Coalfields? - Appalachian Voices
Dec 1, 2001 · Just south of Oceana, in Wyoming County, West Virginia, there is a little white historical marker that makes a bold claim: Celtic explorers had journeyed west from Ireland and were here, nearly a thousand years before Columbus, Cabot and DeSoto.
That story began in 1964 when two amateur archeologists found a petroglyph, or man-made rock carving, in Wyoming County, West Virginia. It was interesting, but hardly earth-shaking since many such carvings exist whose origins are shrouded in …
6th Century Christian Rock Carvings Of Ancient Irish Ogam …
Jul 25, 2022 · The rock-cut inscriptions which are the subject of this article are located at archaeological sites in Wyoming and Boone Counties, West Virginia. They appear to date from the 6th—8th centuries A.D., and they are written in Old Irish language, employing an alphabet called Ogam, found also on ancient rock-cut inscriptions in Ireland.
Prehistoric Petroglyphs - The Historical Marker Database
Jul 15, 2019 · Nearby are ancient rock carvings of unknown age or purpose. Some think early Celtic explorers carved them. (A historical marker located in Lynco in Wyoming County, West Virginia.)
A Linguistic Analysis of Some West Virginia Petroglyphs
Turning to the slashes on the Wyoming and Boone County rock walls, it is possible to find in them a rough suggestion of some Ogam characteristics (Figure 1).