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Event · Etruscan: the readable language that cannot be fully translated

The Liber Linteus is written in northern Etruria, probably at or near Perugia

Between about 250 and 150 BC a scribe writes a linen book of twelve columns, a ritual calendar, which later reaches Egypt and is cut into mummy wrappings.

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Mysteries Department. (2026). The Liber Linteus is written in northern Etruria, probably at or near Perugia [Event EVT0DEDTNVFTEX4]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVT0DEDTNVFTEX4
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