Website review: UNDERWATER PYRAMIDS: JAPAN 2
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coastofnowhere discovered 36 months ago- UNDERWATER PYRAMIDS "...in a single day and night of misfortune, the island of Atlantis disappeared into the depths of the sea." - Plato, 360 BC A structure thought to be the world's oldest building, nearly twice the age of the great pyramids of Egypt, has been discovered. The rectangular stone ziggurat under the sea off the coast of Japan could be the first evidence of a previously unknown Stone Age civilisation, say archeologists. The monument is 600ft wide and 90ft high and has been dated to at least 8000BC. The oldest pyramid in Egypt, the Step Pyramid at Saqqara, was constructed more than 5,000 years later. The structure off Yonaguni, a small island southwest of Okinawa, was first discovered 75ft underwater by scuba divers. Robert Schoch, professor of geology at Boston University said "It basically looks like a series of huge steps, each about a metre high. Essentially, it's a cliff face like the side of a stepped pyramid. It's a very interesting structure," he said. "It's possible that natural water erosion combined with the process of cracked rocks splitting created such a structure, but I haven't come across such processes creating a structure as sharp as this." Further evidence that the structure is the work of humans came with the discovery of smaller underwater stone mounds nearby. Like the main building, these mini-ziggurats are made of stepped slabs and are about 10m wide and 2m high. Kimura said it was too early to know who built the monument or its purpose. "The structure could be an ancient religious shrine, possibly celebrating an ancient deity resembling the god Nirai-Kanai, whom locals say gave happiness to the people of Okinawa from beyond the sea. This could be evidence of a new culture as there are no records of a people intelligent enough to have built such a monument 10,000 years ago," he said. To read more click here
- mercurialis rated 13 months ago
- I snaffled this ravishing picture from beprogressive via a post on Foggy1's site.
- Foggy1 rated 13 months ago
- http://beprogressive.stumbleupon.com/ From the page: One of the greatest discoveries in the history of archaeology was made last summer, off Japan There, spread over an amazing 311 miles on the ocean floor, are the well-preserved remains of an ancient city. Or at the very least, a number of closely related sites. In the waters around Okinawa and beyond to the small island of Yonaguni, divers located eight separate locations beginning in March 1995. That first sighting was equivocal - a provocative, squared structure, so encrusted with coral that its manmade identity was uncertain. Then, as recently as the summer of 1996, a sports diver accidentally discovered a huge, angular platform about 40 feet below the surface, off the southwestern shore of Okinawa. The feature's artificial provenance was beyond question. Widening their search, teams of more divers found another, different monument nearby. Then another, and another. They beheld long streets, grand boulevards, majestic staircases, magnificent archways, enormous blocks of perfectly cut and fitted stone - all harmoniously welded together in a linear architecture unlike anything they had ever seen before. Exceptionally clear sub-surface clarity, with 100 foot visibility a common factor, allowed for thorough photographic documentation, both still photography and video. These images provided the basis of japan's leading headlines for more than a year. Yet, not a word about the Okinawa discovery reached the US public, until the magazine, "Ancient American" broke the news last spring. Since that scoop, only the CNN network televised a report about Japan's underwater city. Nothing about it has been mentioned in any of the nation's other archaeology publications, not even in any of our daily newspapers. One would imagine that such a mind-boggling find would be the most exciting piece of news an archaeologist could possibly hope to learn. Even so, outside of the "Ancient American" and CNN's single report, the pall of silence covering all the facts about Okinawa's structures screens them from view more effectively then their location at the bottom of the sea. Why? How can this appalling neglect persist in the face of a discovery of such unparalleled magnitude? At the risk of accusations of paranoia, one might conclude that a real conspiracy of managed information dominates America's well-springs of public knowledge. Frank Joseph - "Ancient American" It's been a while since I visited my friend, beprogressive. But now that I have, I'm reminded why this stumbler is a friend...fascinating links, for sure.
- weepingbeauty rated 13 months ago
- This links to Graham Hancock's book, Underwater. http://www.grahamhancock.com/gallery/underwater/yonaguni.htm
- TyrannosaurusRex rated 20 months ago
- Wow! They discovered yet another improbable conspiracy. Play the weird music!
- Hailey rated 21 months ago
- Holy Cow! What a discovery!!
- oMightyIsis rated 23 months ago
- wow.
- bigpix1 rated 26 months ago
- Not exactly the slickest site on this subject but there's even there to make you want to "dive in" to the subject. PBS or Discovery has had shows on this topic. Worth searching deeper.
- 1Jonathan rated 26 months ago
- BOHPOL, Kudos, & Thanks: Fascinating!
- BOHPOL rated 27 months ago
- There is so much more out there to discover, we are in the dark about so much...amazing
- Baris36 rated 27 months ago
- Exciting ! Japan's underwater pyramids From the page: ...A structure thought to be the world's oldest building, nearly twice the age of the great pyramids of Egypt, The rectangular stone ziggurat under the sea off the coast of Japan could be the first evidence of a previously unknown Stone Age civilisation, the land on which it was constructed was submerged at the end of the last ice age.
