Show PILE MONS OF m VENICE j Mysterious Inscriptions Have Scholars Deciphered A Danish scholar has hos at last succeeded suc sue succeeded In deciphering the tho rn m mysterious Inscription found Call upon ono one of the two stono lions that guard the gate of ot the theold theold theold old armory armor of ot Venice The Tho inscription encircles parts of oC the shoulders and flanks In letters reminding one ono of ot the tho cuneiform characters of tho the Babylonian Babylon lon Inn ian handwriting Tho The lions liana sculptured sculpture by nn an Athenian artist of the tho fifth or sixth century n 11 C were carried from Crum the Piraeus to Venice by Moro slat after his victory over the tho Turks In 1687 1667 The Inscription how however however ever dates from rom the tho eleventh century and Is a Norman script It reads Mahon Hokon with Alt Alf Asmund ARmund and und Arm has hns captured this port At the lire torn om I mand mend of oC Harold the tho Long they levied a n contribution upon Ullon tho the as a penalty for their rebellion Dalk was wa absent In III distant lands EglI and Has Hal Hastier Halner tier nor were on an expedition In roula and Armenia Asmund engraved these thee the e runes with the tho assistance of ot Thorlief Thor and upon tho the order of oC Harold the 1110 Long lone and despite th the vigorous protections of ot tho the Greeks Greek history tory records that Harold the th Long In 1010 during daring nn an expedition In the Mediterranean ten sea was called to aid the ll Byzantine emperor Michael IV in rn order to punish the rebellious Athen Athenians A th n Inns ians whom he ho reduced to obedience Two years later laler ho appeared before i Constantinople deposed the tho emi emperors successor and Installed tho the dual re tf regency regency gency enc of oC Theodora and Zoe oe with the tho former of whom In 1058 1035 10 6 the tire lair Ian dynasty of oC the tho empire ended Twenty yearn later the tho might mighty viking tell fell nt at Stamford bridge In n a tight fight with his hla English namesake ake only a afew toss few weeks before the battle hattle of oC find Hatt Hatting findings ing Ings ings which established Norman rule In inh J h |