The Georgia Guidestones

Woah. This is awesome.

Built in 1980, the Georgia Guidestones are a mystery—nobody knows exactly who commissioned it or why.

The rocks are each 16 feet tall, with four of them weighing more than 20 tons apiece. Together they support a 25,000-pound capstone. On these massive stones are inscribed words of wisdom for any post-apocalyptic society trying to rebuild civilisation.

The inscriptions, written in Babylonian Cuneiform (north), Classical Greek (east), Sanskrit (south), and Egyptian Hieroglyphs (west), and English, state:

1. MAINTAIN HUMANITY UNDER 500,000,000 IN PERPETUAL BALANCE WITH NATURE
2. GUIDE REPRODUCTION WISELY — IMPROVING FITNESS AND DIVERSITY
3. UNITE HUMANITY WITH A LIVING NEW LANGUAGE
4. RULE PASSION — FAITH — TRADITION AND ALL THINGS WITH TEMPERED REASON
5. PROTECT PEOPLE AND NATIONS WITH FAIR LAWS AND JUST COURTS
6. LET ALL NATIONS RULE INTERNALLY RESOLVING EXTERNAL DISPUTESIN A WORLD COURT
7. AVOID PETTY LAWS AND USELESS OFFICIALS
8. BALANCE PERSONAL RIGHTS WITH SOCIAL DUTIES.
9. PRIZE TRUTH — BEAUTY — LOVE — SEEKING HARMONY WITH THE INFINITE
10. BE NOT A CANCER ON THE EARTH — LEAVE ROOM FOR NATURE — LEAVE ROOM FOR NATURE
    

Below this is written: "Let these be guidestones to an age of reason"

Full article in Wired