Archive for January, 2009

The Stones of Ica

Previous entries have dealt with the question of the existence of an ancient culture in the Amazon Basin that was known as Paititi. Based on the information presented there, there is credible evidence that an advanced culture once lived in this area, and that it exhibited a high degree of technical expertise. In particular, the […]

Dr. Javier Cabrera

In 1966, knowing of his interest in the local Indian culture, Dr. Cabrera was given an unusual gift for his birthday. It was a small carved rock. The rock seemed to be ancient, but what interested Dr. Cabrera most was that it depicted the outline of a fish, but one that was not common to […]

The Ica Stones – Fact or Fake

In the forty years that have elapsed since these stones first came to the attention of Dr. Cabrera, they have aroused fierce controversy. It would be fair to say that most archeologists and scientists trained within the accepted paradigm of history are convinced that these stones are fakes. They remain convinced that they were carved […]

The Images on the Ica Stones (Part One)

The most controversial aspect of the stones of Ica are the images themselves, for they seem to defy the accepted version of the history of the region. This in itself should be a clue that the stones themselves may be far older than modern archeologists are prepared to consider, and that they may have been […]

The Images on the Ica Stones (Part Two)

If the enigmatic stones assembled by Dr. Javier Cabrera in Ica were limited simply to dramatic images of dinosaurs, they might be easy enough to dismiss. But among the more than 11,000 stones that can be viewed in his museum are others that speak to an age of technology that rivals the marvels of our own time. […]

The Lessons of the Stones

At first glance it may seem easy to dismiss the entire collection of engraved stones found at Ica as fakes, and accept the version put forth by the authorities that they are the work of simple artisans hoping to generate money by scamming unsuspecting tourists. But upon more detailed examination, this plausible tale simply does […]

The Quest for Paititi

In the book “The Last days of Tolemac”, the Oracle referred to a lost civilization of Paititi, that was located in South America in the Amazon Basin of Brazil, and which had a level of culture that rivaled both Atlantis and Lemuria. The Oracle went on to say: “While the lost civilizations of Atlantis […]

Colonel Percy Fawcett

Colonel Percy Harrison Fawcett was a British archeologist and explorer. He was born in 1867 in Torquay, England. He is presumed to have died in 1925 when, along with his son and a family friend, he disappeared while on an expedition to find a legendary city lost in the uncharted regions of the Mato Grosso […]

Janos (Juan) Moricz

Juan Moricz was born in Hungary, but later moved to South America where he became an Argentine citizen. However, at the time of his meeting with von Däniken, he had been living in Ecuador for many years. He described himself as a scholar who was carrying out research into the folklore and the ethnological and […]

Padre Carlos Crespi

Padre Carlos Crespi was born in Italy in 1891. He joined the Salesian Society, a Roman Catholic religious order, and was sent to minister to the people of Ecuador. Padre Crespi dedicated his life to the service and welfare of the people of Ecuador, both rich and poor alike. He was a man of extraordinary […]

The Cave of the Oilbirds

When Erich von Däniken published his book “The Gold of the Gods” in 1972, it quickly became an international best seller. By far the most sensational and controversial chapter in the book was his description of his visit to an underground cavern in the Andes Mountains of Ecuador, in which he claimed to have seen […]

The Tunnels of Juan Moricz

It was in 1976 that Stan Hall, guided by the Ecuadorian explorer Juan Moricz, organized an expedition to survey the entire cave system of “Cueva de los Tayos”. This expedition was a joint British/Ecuadorian venture, and included a team of geologists and botanists as well as one hundred soldiers of the Ecuadorian army, whose task it was […]

The Tunnels of Sacsayhuaman

Located on a hill overlooking the Inca capital of Cuzco are the ruins of a vast prehistoric fortress called Sacsayhuaman. This fortress is one of the most imposing feats of construction in the history of the world. It has been built out of gigantic blocks of stone, some of which weigh up to 200 tons […]

The Tunnels and Paititi

Although the full extent of this network of underground tunnels may never be known, there are grounds for believing that it extended far into the interior, perhaps as far as the Amazon Basin in Brazil. In 1681, a Jesuit missionary named Fray Lucero wrote about the information that had been given to him by Indians […]

The Tunnels of Saint Thomas

São Thome das Letras (Saint Thomas of the Letters) is a well known tourist resort located in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, roughly midway between the cities of Sao Paulo and Belo Horizonte. Being situated on top of a mountain it has excellent views of the surrounding countryside, and it enjoys a climate that […]

2008 – Global Warning

Just as was the case in the Political and Economic arenas, so the year of 2008 was characterized by a continuing series of weather related disasters that caused widespread loss of life, together with devastating economic consequences. These disasters followed in such quick succession that the average citizen would be hard pressed to name a […]

2008 – The Year in Review

As the year 2008 passes into history, there seems to be a collective sigh of relief around the planet. For 2008 has been witness to turmoil and tragedy, and the greatest economic crisis around the globe since the days of the Great Depression. People everywhere hunger for change. They are searching for a new way […]