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An article presented at the University of Hawaii, 1999, synopsis;
Highlights from the Annual Maritime Archaeology and History of the Pacific Symposiums
11th Annual Symposium, February 18-20, 1999
ABSTRACT
Submarine Ruins at Yonaguni Island in Okinawa, Japan
Chie Takahashi (presenter), Certificate Candidate, Maritime Archaeology and History Program University of Hawaii at Manoa Honolulu, Hawaii
Masaaki Kimura (author), Professor, Department of Physics and Earth Sciences University of the Ryukyus Ryukyu Islands, Japan
Artificial submarine ruins were discovered by divers during an underwater survey around the Ryukyu Islands. Also, we have discovered stone tools inside Ginama Submarine Stalactite Cave. The underwater structure off Yonaguni Island is called No. 1 monument or Iseki Point.
This structure resembles ancient Okinawan castles, such as Shuri Castle and Nakagusuku Castle on Okinawa Island. These castles are called gusuku in Okinawan language. The No. 1 monument is located at a depth of about 30 meters (approximately 100 feet).
The structure contains a cliff, which resembles the side of a stepped Incan pyramid. The size of No. 1 monument is approximately 200m in length, 150m in width, and 20-25m in height. Its features such as flat terraces, straight walls and surface structures of walls strongly indicate the structure to be artificial rather than natural.
Additionally, we have discovered more supporting evidence such as scars driven in a wedge on the surface of No. 1 monument, a road that surrounds the structure, and a stone fence composed of huge rock fragments.
This evidence suggests that the structure is man-made and it was probably built on the land. The carbon-14 testing of coral attached to the structure indicated that the age of coral was around 2,000 years old.
However, the uprising of the sea level by the ecstatic movement of the post-Ice Age suggests the structure be 10,000 years old.
What do you think the underwater structures discovered at Iseki Point were?
Okinawan Rosetta Stone
Stone tablet of unknown use
Highlights from the Annual Maritime Archaeology and History of the Pacific Symposiums
11th Annual Symposium, February 18-20, 1999
ABSTRACT
Submarine Ruins at Yonaguni Island in Okinawa, Japan
Chie Takahashi (presenter), Certificate Candidate, Maritime Archaeology and History Program University of Hawaii at Manoa Honolulu, Hawaii
Masaaki Kimura (author), Professor, Department of Physics and Earth Sciences University of the Ryukyus Ryukyu Islands, Japan
Artificial submarine ruins were discovered by divers during an underwater survey around the Ryukyu Islands. Also, we have discovered stone tools inside Ginama Submarine Stalactite Cave. The underwater structure off Yonaguni Island is called No. 1 monument or Iseki Point.
This structure resembles ancient Okinawan castles, such as Shuri Castle and Nakagusuku Castle on Okinawa Island. These castles are called gusuku in Okinawan language. The No. 1 monument is located at a depth of about 30 meters (approximately 100 feet).
The structure contains a cliff, which resembles the side of a stepped Incan pyramid. The size of No. 1 monument is approximately 200m in length, 150m in width, and 20-25m in height. Its features such as flat terraces, straight walls and surface structures of walls strongly indicate the structure to be artificial rather than natural.
Additionally, we have discovered more supporting evidence such as scars driven in a wedge on the surface of No. 1 monument, a road that surrounds the structure, and a stone fence composed of huge rock fragments.
This evidence suggests that the structure is man-made and it was probably built on the land. The carbon-14 testing of coral attached to the structure indicated that the age of coral was around 2,000 years old.
However, the uprising of the sea level by the ecstatic movement of the post-Ice Age suggests the structure be 10,000 years old.
- Yonaguni Underwater Museum (Nihongo! Many links to photos and articles)
- An Updated Article, 2001 (by Masaaki Kimura (in English)
- Moiren Institute interviews Masaaki Kimura (in English)
- Ryukyu University, Underwater Probe (in Japanese )
- A Continent Lost in the Pacific Ocean - Riddle of the Submarine Ruins in the Ryukyu Islands (book by Masaaki Kimura (in English)
- Graham Hancock's Page on Yonaguni Rocks (in English)
- Graham Hancock Challenges Spiegel Report (in English)
What do you think the underwater structures discovered at Iseki Point were?
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