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UNDERWATER PYRAMIDS
http://www.eagle-net.org/phikent/japan/japan2.html
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.
In the following weeks and months, Japan’s archaeological community
joined the feeding-frenzy of discovery. Trained professionals formed a
healthy alliance with the enthusiasts who first made the find. In a
progressive spirit of mutual respect an working alliance, academics and
amateurs joined forces to set an example of cooperation for the rest of the
world. Their common cause soon bore rich fruit. In september, not far from
the shore of the island of Yonaguni, more then 300 airline miles south from
Okinawa, they found a gigantic, pyramidal structure in 100 feet of water. In
what appeared to be a ceremonial center of broad promenades and
flanking pylons, the gargantuan building measures 240 feet long.
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”
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Divers Find World's Oldest Building
by Trushar Barot
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 10 years ago and locals
believed it was a natural phenomenon.
Professor Masaki Kimura, a geologist at Ryukyu University in Okinawa,
was the first scientist to investigate the site and has concluded that the
mysterious five-layer structure was man-made. "The object has not been
manufactured by nature. If that had been the case, one would expect debris
from erosion to have collected around the site, but there are no rock
fragments there," he said.
The discovery of what appears to be a road surrounding the building was
further evidence that the structure was made by humans, he added.
Robert Schoch, professor of geology at Boston University, dived at the site
last month. "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.
"This could only have been done by a people with a high degree of
technology, probably coming from the Asian continent, where the oldest
civilisations originate. There would have to have been some sort of
machinery involved to have created such a huge structure."
Teruaki Ishii, professor of geology at Tokyo University, said the structure
dated back to at least 8000BC when the land on which it was constructed
was submerged at the end of the last ice age. "I hope this site is artificial
as it would be very exciting. But at this time I feel it is too early to say. I think
the structure could be natural, but part of it may have been made," he said.
The first signs of civilisation in Japan are traced to the Neolithic period
around 9000BC. The people at this time lived as hunters and food-
gatherers. There is nothing in the archeological record to suggest the
presence of a culture advanced enough to have built a structure like the
ziggurat.
British archeologists are, however, cautiously enthusiastic about the
discovery which will be featured this summer in a Channel 4 documentary.
Jim Mower, an archeologist at University College London, said: "If it is
confirmed that the site is as old as 10,000 years and is man-made, then
this is going to change an awful lot of the previous thinking on southeast
Asian history. It would put the people who made the monument on a par
with the ancient civilisation of Mesopotamia and the Indus Valley."
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Steve Wingate
California Director
SKYWATCH INTERNATIONAL
Anomalous Images and UFO Files
http://www.anomalous-images.com
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