Decode the content of the 800-year-old character

Scientists have deciphered the content of a Arabic script written on marble slabs found in walls in Tel Aviv, Israel.

These 800-year-old lines belonged to the Roman Emperor Frederick II with the 6th Crusade he conducted.

The 800-year-old chunk of writing was written on a marble slab.
(Photo: Israel Antiquities Authority)

'It was written by an artist who is not Frederick II. Special characters in it took us a long time to discover that, in fact, we are reading a piece of Christian text. ' Professor Moshe Sharon came from school. Hebrew University in Jerusalem said.

In Arabic texts, Frederick II refers to himself as the king of Jerusalem. He led the sixth Crusade and succeeded without resorting to violence. Frederick II came to power with the consent of monarchs from Muslim countries. In addition, 'this emperor also listed all the countries he governed , ' Sharon said.

The Crusades were religious wars aimed at recovering Jerusalem and the Holy Land from Muslim domination, with the beginning of the First Crusade in 1095 and ending the Crusade. 7th and 8th time in 1291.

Although the Crusades achieved some temporary success, the Crusaders were eventually forced to leave the Holy Land. Even so, the Crusades all had a profound impact on Europe's politics, economy and society.