🌊🌊🌊 YONAGUNI: THE SUBMERGED RUINS OF MU

by Ligia Cabus, 2007

Dr. Masaaki Kimura's team from Ryukyu University is exploring the underwater archaeological site. Staircases, ramps, terraces, rock carvings, and other evidence of "human handiwork," such as tools, suggest Yonaguni may be the oldest architectural complex in history.

The Okinawan Rosetta stone, with symbols that were found engraved on the stones of the submerged ruins. The Okinawan Rosetta is an archaeological find from Okinawa.

In the Ryukyu archipelago, 480 km southwest of Okinawa, Japan, the waters surrounding Yonaguni Island conceal a collection of mysterious megalithic ruins.

The territory, covering 28.88 km² and with a population of just over 1,700 people, attracted the attention of historians, archaeologists, and other scientists when, in 1985, diver Kihachiro Aratake discovered the magnificent submerged stone structures in the waters surrounding the island.

When photos of the site were released, controversy immediately arose regarding the origin of the terraces and staircases.

Scholars denied that the ruins were man-made constructions. The geometric shapes and precise angles were attributed to "natural agents."

However, other researchers claim that the seabed of Yonaguni is the tomb of a thriving civilization possibly older than Sumeria, Egypt, India, or China.

Masaaki Kimura, professor at the University of Ryukyu, PhD in marine geology, and geologist Robert M. Schoch, late 1990s.

In 1997, Dr. Masaaki Kimura, a professor at the University of Ryukyu with a PhD in marine geology, published *A Continent Lost in the Pacific Ocean*, where he defended the theory of a submerged civilization; in the same year, a team from the university undertook studies at the archaeological site.

That year (1997), geologist Robert M. Schoch dived several times to examine the ruins. In 1999, he commented:

"We must also consider the possibility that the Yonaguni Monument is fundamentally a natural structure that was used, improved, and modified by humans in ancient times."

On May 4, 1998, parts of the island and the ruins were shaken by an earthquake. After the tremor, underwater filming was carried out.

It was found that new structures had emerged, similar in form to the ziggurats of Mesopotamia. These would then be the oldest buildings in the world. Marks were found on the stones that evidenced work done on them, including carvings.

Tools and a small staircase were also found. The hypothesis of natural formation in Yonaguni then became less plausible.

THE ENIGMA OF THE STONE HEAD

Submerged 18 meters below the surface, a megalithic head emerges, a stone face worn down by water erosion that is reminiscent of the stone heads of other ancient places: Moai in the Pacific; La Venta in the Gulf of Mexico.

What makes the Yonaguni Monument especially controversial is its supposed antiquity.

While the pyramids of Egypt date back approximately 4,500 years and Stonehenge around 5,000, estimates for the Yonaguni site go back as far as 10,000 years.

If verified, this would place it in the same archaeological category as Göbekli Tepe in Turkey, one of the earliest known examples of monumental architecture.

At least 6,000 years ago, the ruins were land connected to the mainland. It is possible that rising sea levels over the ages submerged territories like those off the coast of Yonaguni.

There is speculation about the "identity" of the civilization buried in those waters. Many speak in Atlantis, but if part of a "lost civilization" rests on the seabed of that sea, then it is most likely, due to its location, that it is Lemuria or Mu, even older, called by esotericists the civilization of the Third Race.

*Revised and updated text.

Original publication: Lyigia Cabus, 2007

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