Mysteries of Lake Nicaragua

Mysteries of Lake Nicaragua

        (Let me quickly apologize for the long hiatus between posts.  My health has been under siege and still is.  These posts take research and concentration that I sometimes can’t muster.  Prayers are always welcome.)

There has not been a lot of modern research done in Nicaragua on the evidence of ancient cultures there.  The political, social and economic situation in that country precludes any large or long term, serious research.  In addition, the tropical climate and dense vegetation is daunting and difficult to explore in the best of circumstances.  Far easier and more productive to study the rich pre-Columbian ruins in places like nearby Honduras or Guatemala.  This explains the lack of quality photos regarding our current subject.

However, if you look at the map of Nicaragua, you can see in the southwest quadrant a large lake or freshwater sea.  The easily noted and well-known facts about Lake Nicaragua (also called Colcibolca or Granada) are more than intriguing.  At 3,191 square miles in size, Lake Nicaragua is an impressive freshwater lake.  Apparently, it was once connected to the ocean, perhaps even forming a small bay.  This is evidenced by the fact that the lake hosts species of tarpon, sawfish and shark – all normally considered saltwater fish.

 

        Nevertheless, there are some archaeological facts that interest us in our discussions.  From the surface of the lake are jut small islands of various sizes.  There are 365 of these islands in all.  (That there is one island for each day of the year is significant, I’m sure, but I couldn’t say how.)

        Many of the islands are currently owned and inhabited.  Inhabited and uninhabited islands are covered with large blocks of basalt, that are not native to the islands - i.e., they were quarried and imported from some distance away.  These blocks, if they were ever used to construct any sort of structure, are all tumbled and scattered now, but they are large and obviously have been cut out and brought to the tops of these islands at some far distant time.

        Along with these stone piles of blocks (and in various other places surrounding the lake) various pre-Columbian statues were discovered.  More probably exist within the lake, but no one wants to find out badly enough to fight sharks.  Some twenty odd were unceremoniously and randomly (precluding any scientific study or analysis of the statues in situ) gathered up and relocated in a local convent and are currently in an open-air museum at that location.

        These statues are all uniformly made of basalt.  As you can see from the photos, they all show a distinctive style that does not seem to resemble any other known cultures’ statues.  No one has any idea what people or civilization once inhabited these islands or constructed these statues. 

 

       What is also visible from even these poor photos, is the fact that all these carvings are badly eroded.  It is difficult to even see the overall outline of the different statues, although in many cases, you can discern human figures, humanoid figures with animal features and humans with animal masks.  Details are non-existent in most.

 

Conversely, look at these photos of Egyptian statues that are made of the less durable granite and are 3,000 years old, or older.  Note that they look almost new and compare them to the more durable Nicaraguan basalt statues.

        This is a striking feature, in and of itself.  It is evidence of extreme antiquity.  As we said, all these statues are made of basalt, which is harder than granite.  Its crystalline structure is much finer than granite, which gives it the hardness and makes a better carving – if you can carve it!  

 

        According to the current lords of truth in academia, the pre-Columbian peoples of Central America had no metal and the sharpest, hardest cutting tool that they had was obsidian, which is glass.  Glass that is volcanic in nature, surely, but glass, nonetheless.

 

Glass wouldn’t even scratch granite, much less the harder basalt.  So, how did they cut and carve these rocks into complex statues?

 

WARNING!!

     The truth is there.  You just must see it.

     This blog has been written with the sole purpose of using the ample evidence available to verify and support the biblical record, while refuting the copious propaganda that is shoved down our throats daily by materialistic uniformitarians.  

     It is my contention that the Bible describes God's original creation of people with extraordinary capabilities who subsequently created an advanced civilization that exceeds our own.  It was destroyed in the Great Flood and we have spent the last 4,500 years trying to preserve or re-build that civilization.  I contend that science supports all this in multiple disciplines, but this information is ignored, discredited or suppressed by people who have an opposing agenda.

     I’m sorry that this doesn’t support the propaganda narrative of the current crop of materialistic academic dictators.  I have neither the time nor the inclination to refute them.  There are too many verifiable facts to be examined and drilled down on to waste time on silly fantasies that lack even face validity.  

Nothing that you see on this blog is original.  Any fact that you see here is obtainable on a dozen different websites and books.  I use these facts and photos, without violating their copyrights, under the legal principle of fair use practice.  That is, I use them one time, for educational purposes only.

     The point is, nothing here is made up.  The only thing that I do (or need to do) is assemble this information in its readily discernible pattern. 

      You might want to read through the first entry posted on this blog (Past Remembering: Thoughts toward a coherent view of our ancient past, our present and our future) to understand my theoretical and theological underpinnings more clearly.

Ecclesiastes 1:9-10 (NASB)

That which has been is that which will be,

And that which has been done is that which will be done.

So, there is nothing new under the sun.

Is there anything of which one might say,

“See this, it is new”?

Already it has existed for ages

Which were before us.

More Chinese Mysteries

More Chinese Mysteries

        I’ve never had the privilege of visiting China, but I’ve long been a great admirer of their beautiful land and rich, colorful heritage.   Like the United States, their country is so large that they have almost every landscape and environment imaginable.  They are one of the oldest continuously living cultures existing in the present day, possibly second only to the traditional Indian culture.  

To their credit (and the benefit of modern historians, as well as the dismay of Chinese history students), the Chinese people have kept meticulous records of almost every event and piece of knowledge, great or small, throughout their four-thousand-year history, despite their many conflicts, invasions and changes of power.  Because of this incredibly detailed recording of their history, any subject that is not included in their record has great interest to serious scholars.  

However, these deviations from the officially approved Chinese narrative are usually considered an embarrassment to the Chinese government.  Subsequently, they tend to be hidden away, stone walled, suppressed or similarly obfuscated.  Certainly they are not pursued with any enthusiasm.

        In previous blog entries, I have pointed out some of the arcane artifacts and curiosities that point to a technological civilization predating the current Chinese culture.  We have looked at such things as:

     -the Longyou Caverns, which are 23 separate massive artificial subterranean chamber systems, replete with pillars and stairs and hallways.  They have been carved out of the living rock in a way that demonstrates an impressive level of geological and structural expertise.  To hollow these caverns out and carry off the excess stone (since the removed stone is nowhere to be found) would have required an enormous amount of either man/hours, skill or technology (or all the above).  

They are decorated with beautiful bas relief designs, that look like images from historical Chinese artwork.  The images and characters portrayed, however, depict characters, stories or histories unknown to modern scholars.

     -gigantic ancient dolmens (groups of massive stones that have been balanced atop one another) littering the landscape of Manchuria,

     -the Lanzhou stone, which, when broken open, was found to contain a machined screw that the stone had formed around,

     -Mount Baigong with its ancient and untraceable system of sophisticated and modern looking underground pipes composed of a metal that can’t be completely analyzed, 

     -the aluminum belt buckle of Chinese general Chow Chu, entombed with him 1500 years before modern industrial technology had developed the process for producing aluminum from bauxite ore, 

     -ancient axes made of sapphire, produced by an unexplainably sophisticated technology.

        While these are all remarkable and highly interesting in and of themselves, they are not the only technological anomalies found in China, by any means.  Here are some more.

Lake Fuxian

Yunnan province in China

 

 

Location of Lake Fuxian in Yunnan province

 
         The beautiful recreational Lake Fuxian, in the Yunnan province of China, is surrounded by picturesque hotels, resorts, docks and marinas.  At 100 square miles in area and 509 feet deep, it is the third deepest freshwater lake in all of China. 

        One of the local sport diving excursion operators was searching for new locations to show his customers.  

         In one of the locations he explored, he began to find earthenware and stones that looked like they had been chiseled and shaped by man.  Further exploration revealed a series of hand carved flagstones that formed a road, leading to formations that were obviously buildings.  

Underwater flagstones forming a road

        When the government was informed, they sent down a submarine.  It located, in addition to the buildings, stairs and various walls.  Further, deeper surveys of the bottom revealed an arena and multiple pyramids, covering roughly one and a half square miles.

 

        Further explorations are on-going.  However, all this new information is producing some consternation among the Chinese archaeological and governmental authorities. 

It seems that, in four thousand years of meticulously kept, highly detailed records about every aspect of Chinese life and civilization, nothing at all was ever written about a large, well-constructed city at this location.  On the shoreline, perhaps, but not in the middle of the lake.  In the Chinese historical record, this lake has always been here, unchanged in its depth and, therefore, unsuitable for any construction.

Since it is located at the bottom of a deep lake, significant re-arrangement of the landscape had to have occurred.  If there was no mention made of it in the record, then it must have occurred long before such records were made.  At the very least, it was more than 4,000 years ago. 

The pyramids of Shaanxi

Location of Shaanxi province in China

          The first indication that something extraordinary existed in the province of Shaanxi occurred in the 1930’s.  Western military pilots flying over the area began to return with photographs of large pyramids.  

Various pyramids at different locations

        Further aerial survey over the years has located approximately 38 within 16 miles of each other.  There are 100 such pyramids altogether, most of these within 60 miles of the city of Xian.  One of these is thought to be the hidden tomb of the first emperor of China, Qin Shi Huangdi, around which the famed terra cotta warrior statues, in all their hordes, have been located.  

         Exploration of these pyramids has been slow in speed and minuscule in quantity.  In contrast to the significant amount of resources and support that Chinese officials gave to the exploration of the ruins in Lake Fuxian, the government has ruled that the tomb of Qin Shi Huangdi is too dangerous to excavate.  They cite the legendary booby traps that are reported to lie within and the toxic levels of mercury that analysis of the soil have indicated. 

 

        The government also has declared the area of the pyramids off limits to anyone who does not live there already.  Since the only people living in the area are farmers and other agricultural workers, information about the pyramids has been sparse.  

        It hasn’t been helped by the fact that orchards and other crops have been systematically planted on top of the pyramids, as though in some half-hearted attempt to camouflage them.  It seems that the Chinese officials know something about these structures that they want hidden from the outside world.

What are they doing?  Oh, those inscrutable Chinese!

The Statues of Sanxingdui

        The place name of “Sặnxῑngduĭ” translates picturesquely as “Seven Star Hill.”  Located in the Sichuan province of China, it is the site of a striking cache of artifacts.  What was unearthed were a large collection of statues, masks, images and other strange objects.  Many of them are done in exquisite bronze work.  There are some representations of natural objects, such as birds, but it is the faces that captivate your attention.

It is impossible to tell what they represent, since they are unlike anything known.  The faces are impossibly angular, the lips thin and stretched in a grin.  The eyes are inhumanly large and slanted, some having bug-like stalks protruding from the irises.  The ears are enlarged and pointed, bat-like.  The entire group is obviously from the same tradition, but what they represent, or their use, is unfathomable.

Once again, there is no record of any such artifacts or the people who made them.  Wild guesses have been made by the scholars who don’t want to seem like they are clueless, but they have no real information on which to base these declarations.  

WARNING!!

     The truth is there.  You just have to see it.

     This blog has been written with the sole purpose of using the ample evidence available to verify and support the biblical record, while refuting the copious propaganda that is shoved down our throats daily by materialistic uniformitarians.  

     It is my contention that the Bible describes God's original creation of people with extraordinary capabilities who subsequently created an advanced civilization that exceeds our own.  It was destroyed in the Great Flood and we have spent the last 4,500 years trying to preserve or re-build that civilization.  I contend that science supports all this in multiple disciplines, but this information is ignored, discredited or suppressed by people who have an opposing agenda.

     I’m sorry that this doesn’t support the propaganda narrative of the current crop of materialistic academic dictators.  I have neither the time or the inclination to refute them.  There are too many verifiable facts to be examined and drilled down on to waste time on silly fantasies that lack even face validity.  

Nothing that you see on this blog is original.  Any fact that you see here is obtainable on a dozen different websites and books.  I use these facts and photos, without violating their copyrights, under the legal principle of fair use practice.  That is, I use them one time, for educational purposes only.

     The point is, nothing here is made up.  The only thing that I do (or need to do) is assemble this information in its readily discernible pattern. 

      You might want to read through the first entry posted on this blog (Past Remembering: Thoughts toward a coherent view of our ancient past, our present and our future) to understand my theoretical and theological underpinnings more clearly.

Ecclesiastes 1:9-10 (NASB)

That which has been is that which will be,

And that which has been done is that which will be done.

So there is nothing new under the sun.

Is there anything of which one might say,

“See this, it is new”?

Already it has existed for ages

Which were before us.