Inca Stones

shapes similar to nazca lines

i found a description and explanation

Before long the farmer had become something of a local celebrity and word of his find began

to circle in the Archeological community and many experts began to descend on the area to

investigate the validity of the stones, Naturally the sudden attention quickly aroused the interest

of the Peruvian Government who, fearing Peru would become another Egypt and soon be overrun

with diggers and robbers, promptly arrested the farmer to investigate his claims for themselves.

It is unclear what was said to the farmer during his confinement but upon his release he

suddenly stated

the stones himself in order to trick the tourists and make some easy money. He had just never

realized it would get so out of hand.

But there’s much more to the story than that.

In 1966 the towns’ local physician Dr. Javier Cabrera received one of the stones from a native

as a birthday present. The Doctor, who had heard of the farmers novelties, noticed that the stone

certainly

accurately depict a type of prehistoric fish.

uneducated, unable even to read. So how then, puzzled the Doctor, could such a man possibly

possess enough knowledge of paleontology to be able to produce an accurate and anatomically

correct carving of an extinct sea creature?

in writing that the entire collection of stones was a hoax and that he had carvedlooked ancient but what had really intrigued him was the fact that it appeared toThe actual farmer in question was wholly

Now, somewhat interested, Dr. Cabrera began to visit the farmer and soon became the main

recipient of the carved stones, of which it appeared the farmer had a virtually endless supply. The

Doctor then began to create a kind of stone library which he organized by subject matter; the

subjects including the races of man, ancient animals, lost continents and global catastrophes. He

questioned the farmer many times about the source of the stones but the farmer, still in fear of

being arrested again and jailed for life, remained evasive and persisted with his story that he had

carved the stones himself. (It must also be understood here that removing or selling ancient

artifacts carries a heavy penalty under international law, a fact which could help to explain the

farmers’ sudden change of attitude when he was arrested).

The farmer produced more of the stones for sale every week and after purchasing a few

thousand of them Dr. Cabrera became to feel as though he had indeed fallen prey to the farmer

and that the man had actually created the thousands of carved stones himself. So he then began

pressing the man on the method he had used to carve them but again the man continued to remain

evasive and kept refusing to discuss even the method he had used to carve them with the doctor.

Eventually Dr. Cabrera reasoned that logically, because of the enormous volume of stones in

the collection, if the farmer had indeed carved all the stones himself he would have to have

carved the first stone when he was 2 years old and then carved one stone every day for

years

a thing was not possible so Dr. Cabrera then set out to find out the answers about the Ica Stones

based on a study of the many designs depicted on them.

The carved stones come in a huge variety of sizes: there are some that will fit in the palm of

your hand, others about as large as a medium sized dog and all sizes in between. Every stone

depicts an image etched into the surface of the rock in continuous lines, not scratched on by

repeated lines. Geologically, they are a form of andesite, a very hard volcanic rock that varies in

color from grey to black and is quite difficult to etch using hand tools.

forms – coal is also a type of andesite)

(Andesite comes in various

Notably the etched sections on the rocks reveal a different color than the original patina that

appears on the outer surface of the stone and yet the etched grooves also reveals signs of this

patina indicating that the etching was done a very long time ago. However patina can also be

faked and so one of the stones was also sent for testing to laboratories in Germany who have

since authenticated both the patina and the incisions of the etchings as being extremely ancient.

To briefly explain the dating of carved stone: Radio carbon dating, commonly used on such

things as pottery or clay figurines, cannot be used on rock because rocks contain no organic

material, however the surface of rock has a ‘varnish’ coating covering it which is the result of

bacteria and other minute organisms that adhere to it over time. Old rock will have a coating of

this thick black varnish which is known as ‘Patina’ on its surface. A good strong patina takes

thousands of years to darken, discolor and eventually form a solid coating on each stone. Etching

the surface of the stones naturally removes this layer of varnish. On the Ica stones however, this

layer of patina can also be found within the etched grooves which indicates that the etching was

done an extremely long time ago. At least long enough for the varnish to build up again.

Many of the scenes depicted on the Ica stones are quite astounding

beyond the knowledge of an uneducated farmer from a small Peruvian village

and seem well.

There are stones showing genetic codes, and the prolongation of life, some that show blood

vessels being reconnected via re-absorption tubes. One stone depicts a cesarean section while

using acupuncture as a form of anesthetic. There are many stones that clearly depict people

riding on dinosaurs

appearance while performing medical procedures on patients

and brain transplants. Others show men, using telescopes to view an approaching comet

now shown that all of them are reasonably accurate except that one shows an extra continent that

is no longer there

Another very interesting stone shows a rather accurate depiction of some of the lines found on

the Nasca Plains

difficult to believe such an accurate carving could have been done by a village farmer.

Dr. Cabrera soon reasonably concluded that it simply was not possible that the farmer had

carved all the artifacts on his own, he simply did not have the time, the skills needed, or the

scientific and botanical knowledge required to create the stones. After some time and after

purchasing about 11,000 of the stones, the Doctor became a trusted friend of the farmer.

He eventually learned that the man was only released from prison once he had agreed to

present a signed confession stating that he was cheating the tourists. He had agreed to say that the

stones did not come from the hills but that he had actually carved them himself. It was either that

or go to prison for the remainder of his life for selling stolen antiquities.

Dr. Cabrera continued his research in an effort to interpret the maps depicted on several stones

even working with numerous geologists to obtain their expertise. Several of the stones had maps

on them showing what looked like the world, only in a somewhat weird configuration. Some of

the angles and land masses looked vaguely familiar, but the majority of the continents were badly

warped into strange shapes making identification difficult. However after further study Geologists

have now confirmed that based on current computer projections, the shapes indicated on the rocks

are indeed accurate for the planet Earth, as it was – about 13 million years ago, that is, pre-stone

age. Some of the carved stones even accurately show ancient star charts.

And again, the poises enormous questions, for how could anyone without very recent scientific

knowledge accurately know how the skies looked from the earth and how the earth looked from

the skies at around 13,000,000 years ago? Let alone an uneducated farmer in Peru - in 1960.

Some local farmers, lured by the fame of the stones, have now taken to creating and selling

forgeries to unsuspecting tourists and so stones that have recently appeared from the area are

highly questionable. However, there is no denying the authenticity of the original stones. Who

actually created them will probably always remain an unsolved mystery but the graphic detail and

unquestionable accuracy of the 15,000 artifacts truly poses one of the greatest enigmas and most

alluring mysteries of South America.even though the lines can only really be viewed from the air. It is and on flying reptiles There are stones depicting natives wearing tall crowns and long robes similar to the Incas inSome even depicting heartThere is a series of four stones that show the four hemispheres of the earth and studies haveIt’s interesting that lost continents are such a constant theme of so many ancient myths isn’t it?over 40in order to produce the total library! It didn’t take much to reason that quite obviously such

Undoubtedly another one of the greatest enigmas of the archeological world surrounds a

collection of some 15,000 artifacts that were found in Peru in 1960. Similar in many ways to the

Nasca lines, I refer to a collection of glyphs carved onto stones that collectively form a veritable

‘rock library’ now known as the Ica Stones. The unusual scenes depicted in detailed carvings on

the stones appear to be from the Pre-Columbian era and the sheer volume of them is astonishing.

But there is also a rather intriguing story that surrounds these enigmatic carved stones.

The stones were supposedly found in a cave by a native farmer at a place called Ica, about 300

klm from Lima. The farmer claimed to have found piles of them in various caves and gorges in

the area, some scattered about the ground and some slightly buried beneath the surface. At first

the farmer had only a few bags of carved stones but then later returned with literally thousands of

the artifacts and for some time made a comfortable living for himself selling the stones to tourists

at a market stall.