Le Tifinagh a �t� utilis� ici � Peterborough (Canada) en 800 BC!   

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 Much of the speculation revolves around rock carvings found 25 miles northeast of Peterborough, Ont. In 1954, under a cover of lichen, a large rock was discovered, on the face of which were found some 800 carved figures. Known as the Peterborough petroglyphs, they are to date the largest single collection of such carvings on the continent.

David Kelley, professor emeritus of archeology at the University of Calgary, says that many of the carvings appear to be in Tiffinagh, an alphabet that was developed in North Africa and adopted by the early Scandinavians long before the Viking expansion in the 800s. These early northern Europeans are known to have travelled down the African coast and possibly up the Niger River through what is now Nigeria. Many of the Peterborough petroglyphs bear a striking resemblance to Tiffinagh symbols found in Norway and Sweden. The rock carvings in Peterborough could go back as far as 800 BC.

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Scientist: Europeans explored Ontario in 800 BC 
 OTTAWA (CP) -- Scandinavians may have crossed the Atlantic three millennia ago and made it as far as Peterborough, Ont. 
 A Calgary archeologist says rock carvings at Petroglyph Provincial Park that are regarded as the work of aboriginal shamans were probably carved by Europeans about 800 BC.
 David Kelley said the petroglyphs, 40 kilometres northeast of Peterborough, include a depiction of a Viking-like ship almost identical to prehistoric ships carved in a rock near Boslund, Sweden, as well as abstract symbols used as a form of writing by northern Europeans.
 Kelley, a retired University of Calgary professor renowned for his work deciphering Mayan script, said the symbols are part of a script called Tiffinagh.
 It developed in northern Africa and was adopted by well-travelled Scandinavians who regularly travelled down through Italy, across the Mediterranean, and perhaps down the Niger River in northern Africa.
 Kelley said any one of the symbols could have been randomly carved, but it is highly improbable that a whole complex set of them could have independently arisen in two different places. The simplest explanation is that the carvings were left behind by northern Europeans, not aboriginals.