Massive Steps
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Japanese Scientists Say Yonaguni Pyramid Manmade
Complex Structure
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Tonight (Saturday, May 19th) on Dreamland,
Ancient American
Magazine editor Frank Joseph reports on a conference he
recently attended in Japan at which Japanese geologists and
archaeologists argued that the sunken pyramid off the island
of Yonaguni near Okinawa has been found to be manmade.
Carved Stairway
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The structure was found by dive tour operator Kihachiro
Aratake in 1985 and has been a source of controversy ever
since. It appears to be a construction made of wide terraces,
ramps and large steps. However, American geologists have
contented that the structure is not manmade, but a natural
formation.
According to the report, Japanese scientists have
documented marks on the stones that indicate that they
were hewn. Not only that, the tools used in this process have
been found in the area, and carvings have been discovered.
A small stairway carved into the rocks appears to render the
theory that this is a natural formation implausible.
The problem with all of this for western scientists is that it
implies that an unknown eastern culture had developed a high
degree of organization thousands of years before the earliest
western civilizations. Geologically, the Yonaguni pyramid sank
into the ocean at the end of the last ice age, around ten
thousand years ago. Some western geologists have theorized
that, if it is manmade, it must have risen from the sea in more
recent times, and been carved then.
However, the discovery of other, similar structures beneath
the sea of Japan was also announced at the conference. If
these prove to be similar to the Yonaguni pyramid they may
rewrite the history of early man.
