A team of scholars translated Cherokee inscriptions on Alabama cave walls and determined some of them were written in the 19th century as a ceremonial part of stickball, a game similar to lacrosse
A study published this month in the journal Antiquity provides English translations of these writings in the Cherokee syllabary, the written version of the Cherokee language pioneered by the scholar Sequoyah that was widely adopted by the Cherokee nation in 1825.Stickball, a Cherokee game similar to lacrosse, pits two different communities against with each other over a period of days.
The revelations confirm what scholars have believed about cave paintings in other contextsSimek said scholars believe cave paintings around the world have special spiritual significance. These writings tell him that belief is correct.One remarkable find was inscriptions written backwards on the cave ceiling. If the ceiling is viewed as a portal into the spirit world, then those lines would read normally for beings viewing them from the other side.
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