These sinister 'hunger stones' with dire warnings have surfaced in Europe as water levels drop

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• Mysterious outlines of ancient societies have revealed themselves across the seared landscape of the Czech Republic.
• These 'hunger stones' are inscribed boulders along the coast of the Elbe River that are becoming visible due to the region's current drought. 
• The stones reveal eerie messages from previous draughts from hundreds of years ago — "If you see me, weep" reads a stone from 1616.

As Europe wilts in the sweltering, record-breaking harshness of summer 2018, strange things are happening.

Mysterious outlines of ancient societies have revealed themselves across the seared landscape, but it's not just traces of ghostly architecture resurfacing. So too are grim words of warning.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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