actually we were able to decipher Egyptian Hieroglyphs thanks to the discovery of the Rosetta Stone. Cuneiform clay tablets are translatable, as for the Mayans and Aztecs we can decipher their glyphs too. what we can't decipher are the Incan quipu https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quipu english to mayan glyph http://www.paleoaliens.com/event/mayan_glyphs/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aztec_writing http://www.ancientscripts.com/ma_ws.html http://www.mexicolore.co.uk/aztecs/ask-experts/how-did-the-spanish-translate-what-the-aztecs-wrote http://www.penn.museum/cgi/cuneiform.php https://www.awesomestories.com/asset/view/CUNEIFORM-IS-DECIPHERED-Hammurabi-and-His-Code-of-Laws On Fri, Apr 1, 2016 at 2:02 PM, Records Management Email <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > That is a problem...No one passed on the knowledge through the kupunas > (elders)...The same could be said about the Egyptians, Mayans, Aztecs, and > gasp, even the Biblical writings...Lots of messaging, but subject to > interpretation due to the passage of time... > -- Peter Kurilecz CRM CA IGP [log in to unmask] Dallas, Texas Save our in-boxes! http://emailcharter.org http://twitter.com/RAINbyte http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/RAINbyte/ http://paper.li/RAINbyte/rainbyte https://groups.google.com/d/forum/archives-in-the-news Information not relevant for my reply has been deleted to reduce the electronic footprint and to save the sanity of digest subscribers List archives at http://lists.ufl.edu/archives/recmgmt-l.html Contact [log in to unmask] for assistance To unsubscribe from this list, click the below link. If not already present, place UNSUBSCRIBE RECMGMT-L or UNSUB RECMGMT-L in the body of the message. mailto:[log in to unmask]