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more Yonaguni evidence from the personal website of
- Professor Masaaki Kimura -
University of the Ryukyus
Okinawa, Japan
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The controversy that has erupted in archæological circles around the world since the discovery of an enigmatic
structure, described by some as 'pyramid-like', at Iseki Point, just off the coast of the southernmost
Japanese island of
Yonaguni-Jima, some 15 years ago, looks set to get even hotter as news
emerges that the so-called
'Yonaguni Monument' is just one of a number of
underwater megalithic structures in a
'complex' stretching for
many hundreds of miles northeast of Taiwan.
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On the west side of Iseki Point is the 'entrance' feature that Professor Kimura's Research Group has named the 'Jomon' or 'Achimon', which means the 'Castle Gate' or 'Arch Gate'. It is a tunnel-like pathway a little over 5ft high, 3 feet wide, and about 10 feet long. Its ceiling is formed by three megaliths which appear to have been 'inserted' or 'wedged' into a crevasse in a rock plate, suggesting that they might have been deliberately placed like this some considerable time ago when what is now the sea-bed area at the foot of Iseki Point was still dry land. ...
Despite being heavily silted due to the strong current off Iseki Point
The image below is of two megaliths (Nimai-iwa) that have so far
Below are the same two megaliths (Nimai-iwa) seen from two different angles. They have confused those who have expressed the belief that the whole of the 'No.1 monument' at Iseki Point is the result of 'natural erosive forces', and who can offer no explanation as to exactly how these two megaliths might have 'accidentally' become wedged between the side of the structure and a third, much larger, megalith. In the image on the left they are shown from the main approach to them, which at present is by swimming through the 'Arch Gate'. While in the image on the right they are shown from an angle looking downwards ...
Please left-click on any of the images on this page to directly access Professor Kimura's own 'Japanese language' website. To download Japanese fonts for a 30-day trial period please click here. Those wishing to use Professor Kimura's images should please request permission by sending him an email. If you do not want to use Japanese fonts, the email link on Professor Kimura's site renders as ”ü•ô characters near the top of each page on his website. Images of Professor Kimura's students exploring Yonaguni-jima are here
Marine Archæology Underwater Discoveries "Do undersea relics near Okinawa offer proof of a sophisticated civilization during the last ice age? Archeologists have long believed that civilization as we define it -- intelligent, tool-making, monument building, social humans -- began about 5,000 years ago. But submerged beneath the waves near the Japanese island of Yonaguni is evidence that may well overturn that long-held theory. A small but persuasive number of scholars and scientists have long thought that "advanced" societies may have existed as long as 10,000 years ago. Their theories, however well reasoned and defended, have been hamstrung by a lack of evidence. But recent discoveries of man-made artifacts on the Pacific seafloor may well prove to be the smoking gun that will propel this alternative view of civilization to prominence".
see the evidence with 'unique underwater footage' of
"Japan's Mysterious Pyramids" |
a selection of books from our Ancient Mysteries Bookshoppe
"Ancient Jomon of Japan"
"Prehistoric Japan:
"Jomon of Japan: The World's Oldest Pottery"
"In the Wake of Jomon: Stone Age Mariners and a Voyage Across
"An Archaeological History of Japan, 30,000 B.P. to A.D. 700"
"Nihongi: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to A.D.697" |
Following the great cataclysms and mass extinctions of 11,500 years ago, land that was once between the Chinese mainland
Okinawa and Japan was inundated, and only in the last few years has the attention of marine scientists been
drawn to the existence of 'undersea walls', 'stepped-pyramid-like structures', and some very
'unusual artifacts' that have been discovered underwater in the East China Sea ...
back to the interview with Professor Masaaki Kimura
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