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News Archive 2001

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"Amateur to share petroglyph theories"

May 06, 2005, Duluth News Tribune, USA: "About 5,000 years ago, American Indians began chipping hundreds of figures and designs into exposed bedrock in southwestern Minnesota.

A Duluth man believes that many of these petroglyphs are more than examples of artistic expression. Chuck Bailey theorizes the site served as a celestial observatory and large calendar.

'There's no accident here,' he said. 'It's very carefully planned, very carefully laid out; it had a specific purpose. I believe this is the local calendar site for southwest Minnesota.'" [Full Story]

"Encounter with the Moon stone"

March 06, 2001, BBC Science News, UK: "BBC News Online science editor Dr David Whitehouse comes face to face with what is claimed to be the oldest map of the Moon ever made.

Copyright © 2001 BBC Science News

Several times, I think I am stuck as I try to squeeze through a narrow triangular-shaped crack in the rock. Just ahead of me is Professor George Eogan of the National University of Ireland.

Together, we edge towards the heart of this ancient Neolithic burial mound. He has been this way many times before to uncover the mysteries at Knowth in Ireland.

The complex in County Meath was constructed about 5,000 years ago and is the largest and most remarkable ancient monument in Ireland. Although nearby Newgrange is more famous, Knowth has turned out to be an astonishing treasure trove of stone engravings and artefacts.

Knowth has the largest collection of megalithic art in Europe, strange circular and spiral patterns that many believe to be lunar symbols.

Some archaeologists speculate that the passages that reach into the central chamber could allow sunlight, and moonlight, to shine down the passage into the central chamber at certain times. If this is true then there would have been times when moonlight would have shone on the back stone of the eastern passage illuminating a map of itself. [Full Story]

... exclusive ...

October 2002
Morien Institute
illustrated interview with
Professor Masaaki Kimura
of the University of the Ruykyus,
Okinawa, Japan, regarding
the discovery of:

"Megalithic structures found underwater off the coast of
Yonaguni-jima, Japan"

... exclusive ...

June 2002
Morien Institute
illustrated interview with
Dr Paul Weinzweig
of Advanced Digital Communications,
Havana, Cuba, regarding
the discovery of:

"Megalithic urban ruins discovered off the coast of Cuba"