A scholar claims to have deciphered Cryptic B, a mysterious alphabet in the Dead Sea Scrolls long thought impossible to read.

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Critics have questioned the meaning of Hegseth's tattoos ever since U.S. President Donald Trump announced his nomination.

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Across the globe, a race is under way to crack some of the last mysterious forms of writing that have never been translated.

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