An Ancient Greek Palindrome Has Been Discovered on this Amulet
Archaeologists operate in Cyprus have discovered a 1,500 - year - sure-enough talisman with a 59 - alphabetic character inscription that reads the same backwards as it does forwards . As LiveSciencereports , the amulet , which measure 1.4 inches by 1.6 inches , was discovered at the ancient city of Nea Paphos in Southwest Cyprus . On one side there are several images , including a wrapped mummy lie on a boat ( in all likelihood the Egyptian god Osiris ) , and a mythological heel - headed creature called a genus Cynocephalus ....