For 250 years it has exercised the minds of theologians, historians and scientists. Charles Darwin was observed pondering its meaning, and Josiah Wedgwood spent many an hour attempting to decipher its cryptic inscription. Some hope it may hold the secret of the whereabouts of the Holy Grail.
The mystery inscription is beneath a stone monument built around 1748, containing a carved relief of Nicholas Poussin's
Les Bergers d'Arcadie II in reverse. The picture shows a female figure watching as three shepherds gather around a tomb and point at letters within an inscription carved upon it, which read: Et in Arcadia Ego! (And I am in Arcadia too.)
Nicholas Poussin is a major figure in the mystery of
Rennes-le-Chateau.
Original link found at
The Anomalist.
posted by Prof. Hex at 3:41 PM