Several stone artifacts have been discovered at various locations around Yonaguni-jima, and the image below is of the 'line-engraved tablet' which was recovered from the southern part of Iseki Point.
Copyright © 2002 Dr. Masaaki Kimura
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Okinawa, Japan
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The image and diagram below show the 'line-engraved tablet'
and the scale gives an idea of its actual size.
Copyright © 2002 Dr. Masaaki Kimura
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Okinawa, Japan
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There are similar symbols amongst the many engravings on one of the more than 60 sheets of tablets that were found 60 years ago on the island of Okinawa. They are collectively known as 'The Okinawan Rossetta Stones'.
The tablet below has become known as THE 'Okinawan Rossetta Stone', and Professor Masaaki Kimura and his research team have speculated that the symbol to which the black arrow points might be a depiction of an 'underwater temple' - as at Iseki Point.
Copyright © 2002 Dr. Masaaki Kimura
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Okinawa, Japan
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The symbols on the 'Okinawan Rossetta stone' are most certainly intriguing, and there is bound to be much speculation in times to come about the meaning of the 'spiral symbols', which are something that is common in the petroglyphs of many ancient cultures.
But there are also a number of symbols that have been found carved onto the rocks near what is now the sea-bed around Yonaguni-jima, and they could only have been done when the sea-levels were low enough to allow access to the area when it was dry land.
History's Mysteries
"Do undersea relics near Okinawa offer proof of a sophisticated civilization during the last ice age?
Archeologists have long believed that civilization as they 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 the various Yonaguni structures in the 'History Channel' TV programme
"Japan's Mysterious Pyramids"
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