When did the Slavs write? During the time of Saints Cyril and Methodius, as we used to think? Or earlier? Without at all belittling the role of the great educators of the Slavs, one of the authors of this book, the famous researcher of ancient culture Anton Platov, proves with irrefutable facts: long before the adoption of Christianity in the Slavic world, there existed, if not writing, then a system of magical signs related to the Scandinavian runes. The Glagolitic alphabet, which became the subject of research by Nikolai Taranov, also holds many mysteries: the second of the world-famous Slavic alphabets, it was used mainly by the southern Slavs, and often served as a secret writing. It is quite possible that its origins are lost in the depths of thousands of years..