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Vinča symbols
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<p>The Vinča symbols are a set of undeciphered symbols found on artifacts from the Neolithic <a href="/facts/Vin%C4%8Da_culture/H9379tTl">Vinča culture</a> and other "<a href="/facts/Old_Europe_(archaeology)/dLTenXg5">Old European</a>" cultures of <a href="/facts/Central_Europe/VdxzSbJz">Central</a> and <a href="/facts/Southeast_Europe/zxgEvCdQ">Southeast Europe</a>. They have sometimes been described as an example of <a href="/facts/Proto-writing/LW2yoFHG">proto-writing</a>. The symbols went out of use around 3500 BC. Many scholars agree that the "writing" itself is not based on any language whatsoever and it is mostly symbolic. </p>