The town hall of Plougastel-Daoulas promises 2,000 euros to the person who succeeds in deciphering a series of inscriptions engraved on a rock of the Anse du Caro, in Finistère.

"Grocar drear diozeevbio". If you know that means, congratulations, you just won 2,000 euros. Well almost. This set of words is the beginning of a series of inscriptions engraved on a rock of the Anse du Caro, in Finistère. A succession of letters which nobody has succeeded, to this day, to pierce the mystery. So much so that the town hall of Plougastel-Daoulas decided to remedy this by organizing a national competition, explains Ouest-France .

Who will decipher the mysterious inscriptions of the Caro Rock in Plougastel-Daoulas? https://t.co/mpMGyJcP1C

- Ouest-France (@OuestFrance) May 2, 2019

Called the "mystery Champollion", in reference to the man of the same name who managed to decipher the first famous Rosetta stone, these inscriptions are composed of a series of letters aligned without it being possible to find any logic, as well as "groups of indecipherable words". But that's not all, there are also three dates: 1786, 1789 (years that correspond to the construction of the fort of the Raven which is not far), and 1920. According to a resident of Caro, the latter date would have been engraved by a Russian soldier garrisoned in the fort. An information that he claims to have from his grandmother ...

Will you be able to solve the "mystery of Champollion"?

But for the rest, it is a thick cloud of mystery surrounding these inscriptions, even though many people have already looked into the subject. The result has always been negative. So that for now, we do not know the author, the meaning, or even the language used on this rock. It is to put an end to it that the town hall of Plougastel-Daoulas launched a national call to all the linguists, historians and specialists of all kinds to finally pierce the mystery of the inscriptions. If you are not a specialist, but have already dreamed about Indiana Jones, now is the time to try your luck since the contest is open to all, until September.

If you are interested, you can send an email to veronique.martin@mairie-plougastel.fr, or to the postal address of the town hall: 1, rue Jean-Fournier, 29470 Plougastel-Daoulas. A jury will then be in charge of selecting the most likely hypothesis and awarding the prize to the winner. Good luck.