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West Virginia hoax stone reader cracks Grave Creek inscription
Andrew Price a West Virginia printer and historian claims to have deciphered the Grave Creek Mound inscription using a Dickensian joke as guidance. The find ends decades of language theories and praise the printer for reading the line with good West Virginian wit.
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