One of the great enigmas of planet Earth revolves around a collection of approximately 15,000 pre-Columbian artifacts, the ancient carved glyph rock library known as the Ica Stones.
They are carved stones supposedly found in a cave in the coastal desert city of Ica, Peru. Ica is a relatively small area, some 300 kilometres from Lima. In the 1960’s, a farmer claimed to have found piles and piles of rocks deep in various gorges and caves not far from the Nazca Lines. Some were also buried slightly under the ground. The native farmer produced only bags of stones at first, but later, he produced literally thousands of artifacts. For some time, he made a good living selling the stones to tourists. The farmer became something of a celebrity. Word travelled in the archaeological world, and experts descended on Ica.
As the story goes, the Peruvian government took an interest in the stones. They did not want Peru to become another Egypt, overrun with diggers and robbers. They’ve had enough of them already. No one knows what was said to the farmer, but after arrest and confinement, he suddenly admitted in writing that the stones were hoaxed and that he had carved the stones himself. He was going to bilk the tourists and never realised it would get out of hand.
In 1966, Dr. Javier Cabrera, the town’s physician, received a small, carved rock for his birthday from a native. The carving on the rock looked ancient to Dr. Cabrera, but intrigued him because it seemed to depict a primitive fish.
Dr. Cabrera became the prime customer for the stones, and the farmer apparently had an endless supply. Dr. Cabrera questioned the farmer about carving the stones. The farmer was evasive and maintained his story about creating them himself for fear of being arrested again and put in jail for the rest of his life.
When Dr. Cabrera had bought a few thousand, he wanted to know how many there were in total. The farmer seemed to produce more every week. Cabrera was beginning to believe that he had fallen prey to this farmer, and that the man had created them himself. The farmer refused to discuss how he made the stones. Logically, Dr. Cabrera figured that the farmer would have had to carve one stone every day for over 40 years to produce the total library! This could not be possible. Dr. Cabrera set out to find answers about his Ica Stones based on the designs on the stones.
The stones come in all sizes. There are small ones that can fit in the palm of your hand. There are rocks as large as a dog. All of the stones have images that have been carved with continuous lines etched into the rock surface. The etching reveals a lighter colour than the original dark varnish of age, yet the etched grooves also bear traces of this varnish, indicating that the carving was done in ancient times. They are a form of Andesite, a grey to black volcanic rock, and a very hard mineral that would make etching quite difficult with primitive tools. They are also covered with a patina of natural oxidation. Laboratories in Germany have authenticated the incisions that make up the carvings as extremely ancient. Nearby fossil finds indicate the area to be replete with bone fragments millions of years old.
Unlike clay figurines, which contain organic materials (such as straw), plain old rock contains no organic materials that can be used to determine its age.Traditional radiocarbon dating techniques rely upon organic material (that was once alive) to determine age. The surface of these rocks, however, has a varnish that is the result of bacteria and minute organisms that have adhered to them. A good black varnish or patina will take thousands of years to discolour and coat each stone. Etching these rocks would have removed the existing varnish, revealing the bare rock. Since these rocks have developed additional varnish in the grooves, it seems likely that they have been carved a long time ago.
Dr. Cabrera’s library is organised by subject matter, including physical and social sciences (races of man), nature (ancient animals), geography (lost continents), and prophecy (the knowledge of global catastrophe).
Dr. Cabrera concluded that there was no way the farmer had the time, skills, or knowledge of how to create the stones. After purchasing 11,000 stones, Dr. Cabrera became a trusted friend of the farmer. He learned that the man was released from prison once he signed a confession that he was cheating the tourists. He agreed not to pretend the stones came from the hills but that he had indeed carved them himself. It was either that or go to prison for the remainder of his life for selling government possessions (the international antiquity laws).
Dr. Cabrera continued his research with geologists to interpret the maps on several stones showing a weird configuration of the world. Some angles and land masses looked vaguely familiar, but the majority were badly skewered into strange shapes. Geologists have confirmed that, based on current computer projections, the shapes indicated on the rocks are indeed accurate for the planet Earth as it was about 13,000,000 (million) years ago—the pre-stone age.
Peru has always held a spiritual fascination for people seeking higher knowledge. It has an air of mystery about it, often linked to visits by ancient astronauts. Much of Peru sits on a major grid point, meaning the electromagnetic energies are very strong. The pull of the sea is always a connection for those who study metaphysics, as water represents the collective flow of creation. UFO sightings are common among local natives in Peru, who say that watching a ship land in the water or on land is not unusual. Some people claim to have communicated with aliens. Machu Picchu is considered by some to have been a landing strip for UFOs.
The Ica Stones will remain an unsolved mystery along with the Nazca Lines on the Plains of Peru, which some believe could only have been designed as a blueprint by creational forces. This area has been thought by some to be an ancient spaceport based on the harnessing of electromagnetic energy for the propulsion of space-faring vehicles. The entire area was made up of huge iron ore deposits that concentrated magnetic energy, creating an electromagnetic field of extraordinary strength.
Who actually created the Ica Stones? Evidence seems to show they were not created by humans in the time line of their creation, but for now they remain an enigma.
