Megalithic Ruins on the Sea Bed
These megalithic structures are situated on a plateau that forms the bottom of what is thought to be a mud volcano, along a geological fault line. As Dr. Weinzweig explained, “It’s well known that ancient civilizations liked to build at the base of volcanoes, because the land is fertile. One tantalizing possibility, entirely speculative for now, is that if the legendary sunken continent of Atlantis is ever proven to have existed, these structures may have been submerged during the same cataclysm.”
Some months later, the ADC researchers, along with their Cuban partners and experts from the Cuban Academy of Sciences, returned to the underwater site with their research vessel “Ulises”. From this vessel, they sent an ROV (Remotely Operated Vehicle) down to the sea floor to film parts of the 7.7 square mile area. Because of technical problems, the ROV was only able to survey the perimeter of the site. Dr. Weinzweig pointed out that much more needed to be explored. “Based on initial explorations, we think it’s much larger than even our sonar explorations show. It may extend for kilometers.”
He went on to add the following comments:
“At this stage in the investigations, we can only speculate that some features (such as temple foundations layouts) seem to be reproduced at our site. Since the ancients built their new structures on old structural sites, we really don’t know their true antiquity. Garcilaso in “Royal Commentaries of the Incas” reports similar enormous geometrically shaped granite building stones in Cuzco (Peru) and Lake Titicaca. These megalithic granite stones are located miles from the nearest quarries. There is nothing in our understanding of ancient engineering and construction or in our present rational imagination to explain the logistics of such megalithic construction. There is much mystery here.”
The sonar images sent back by this unmanned submarine have confirmed the presence of huge, smooth, granite-like blocks in perpendicular and circular formations, as well as pyramid shapes. These stone blocks measured about 16 feet in length. While most of the blocks were exposed, others were covered in sediment and fine white sand that is characteristic of the area.
The precise age of the underwater site is unknown, although Cuban archeologists in 1966 excavated a land-based megalithic structure on the western coast, close to the underwater discovery. According to the Cuban investigators the site was thought to date from 4,000 BC. “Based on that and other geological information, we’re speculating that these are 6,000 years old. It’s not exact, but they’re very ancient”, said the Cuban researchers.
If the dating estimates indicated above prove to be accurate, they will pre-date all known human habitation in Mesoamerica. This would mean that an ancient civilization designed and erected these vast stone structures before the wheel was invented in Sumeria (3,500 BC) or the sundial in Egypt (3,000 BC).
ADC’s deep-water equipment includes a satellite-integrated ocean bottom positioning system, high precision side-scan double-frequency sonar, and the ROV. The company is also commissioning the world’s first custom designed ocean excavator for marine biology. As soon as this is operational, they plan to begin further research at the Guanahacabibes site.
When asked about their future underwater research plans, Dr. Weinzweig replied, “Presently the ship and team are conducting magnetometer, side-scan and ROV investigations of Cuban deep territorial waters in the Yucatan channel.” When he was asked if they would attempt to extract samples of the rock he answered: “To drill samples from these structures is not easy because they look like granite. And to drill granite at a depth of 600 meters is very difficult.”
