THE LEGEND OF THE DROPA STONES (Tibet, more than 10.000 years old) The story of THE DROPA STONES continues to be one of the most tantalizing and fascinating archeological tales ever told. The name derives from a story about strange stones that were allegedly discovered in the mountains of Tibet in 1938. Chinese archeologists found many strange stone disks in a cave that were buried under ground. According to carbon dating, the stones date back almost 10.000 years and contain small hieroglyphic inscriptions. At first it had been thought that the caves had been the home of an unknown species of ape. But as the species seemed to bury its dead they eliminated an ape race. While studying the skeletons one of the members of a research team stumbled on a large round stone disc half buried in the dust on the floor of the cave. The disc looked like a Stone Age record. There was a hole in the center of and a fine spiral groove that is a continuous spiraling line of closely written characters. No one understood the meanings of the message. The disc was labeled and filed away among other finds in the area. For 20 years many experts in Peking, China tried to translate the disc.
Posted on: Sun, 11 Aug 2013 17:53:35 +0000
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