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| Mysterious underwater 'pyramid' believed to be 12,000 years old reshapes history |
| 2025-04-08 |
| [Daily Mail, where America gets its news] A sunken 'pyramid' near Taiwan may rewrite everything we thought we knew about the ancient world. Sitting just 82 feet below sea level near the Ryukyu Islands of Japan, a mysterious object called the Yonaguni monument continues to stump and astonish researchers since its discovery in 1986. This giant structure with sharp-angled steps stands roughly 90 feet tall and appears to be made entirely of stone, leading many to believe it was man-made. However, tests of the stone show it to be over 10,000 years old, meaning that if a civilization built this pyramid by hand, it would have taken place before this region sank under water - more than 12,000 years ago. That would place it further back in history than most other ancient structures by several thousand years, including the Egyptian pyramids and Stonehenge. Currently, scientists believe that the ability for ancient humans to construct large structures like temples and pyramids evolved alongside the development of agriculture 12,000 years ago. If an advanced society was already building giant step pyramids long before this time, however, it could change the history books forever and reveal another lost tribe of humans - just like the myths of Atlantis. In fact, Yonaguni monument is often called 'Japan's Atlantis,' but skeptics continue to poke holes in the theory that this structure was actually built by human hands. |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #3 a few post holes throughout the structure Occam. Hoofbeats ~ horses, not zebras Maybe they are postholes. Fence, ladders, handrails, ... |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2025-04-08 13:20 |
| #2 There appears to be some, what appear to be, a few post holes throughout the structure. Very enigmatic. |
| Posted by: mossomo 2025-04-08 12:39 |
| #1 A continuation of Sunday's pre-history world discoveries. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2025-04-08 09:17 |