1966
Begins
The
This section talks about other possible ancient explorers who ventured
to the
He lists Dr. Mertz work on Greeks in Caribbean, Dr. Gattoni Celli, and
Alf Bajocco speculations on Etruscan voyages and these may have occurred when
Although
"In 1952 the Cuban institute of Archaeology was studying the
subject of Atlantis, and their attention was drawn to a report that your editor
considered that traces of this culture might be found in Cuba and Santo
Domingo and other of the West Indian Islands. Of these
In addition there were also found here astronomical symbols and
other petroglyphs, which would fit in with the assumption that the calendric
system of the Mayas, the Aztecs, and the other Meso American peoples, began
about 11,000 B.C.. The possibilty of Cuba having been a staging point in the
migrations of the Maya to Mexico should not be overlooked. On the South
Coast of Cuba, at Camaguey, there are many partially submerged mounds called
"caneyes", which may have been places of refuge for primitive man. There
are numerous artifacts here which have never been adequately investigated.
Numerous skeleton remains found here give evidence of a sudden and violent
death due to some catastrophe. The artifacts include stone balls, spherical
stones, elongated stones, and rods with forked ends resembling snakes. The
absence of large monuments may merely mean they have not yet been seriously
looked for.
Webmasters note- in light of the recent Cuba discoveries I thought it
only right that Egerton Sykes was so ahead of his time listing and pointing out
what the Cuban Institute was working on in the Atlantis-Maya connection. Note
that all the round spherical balls are used sometimes in star horizon plotting,
and the Egyptian used forked sticks as guides to site and level stars on the
horizon, they do not have to be immediately just rude ineffectual harpoons of
some stupid culture???? Also in light of the West Cuba underwater find the
above statements seem to indicate a origin point for the movement of a
astronomical culture and no reason to rule out Haite even further east. It may
be said that Pine Island, may be crucial to the connection with the new
monuments found of the West of Cuba 2,00 feet below if stairs from a Pine
Island area cave lead steps to a waters edge that lead to nowhere but the
sea!!!! It may also be noted the petroglyphs were considered astronomical as
much so as the Whale land glyph in the Bahamas is to the Constellation of
Cetus. These I believe in connections I may be the first to connect between the
Pine Island complex of the destruction of the sea walls to these islands and
the catastrophe that hit West Cuban monuments under water 2,000 feet down!!!!!
As well as the potential astronomical instruments listed as unknown in purpose
by these writers in 1952 of the Cuban Institute. By Dean Clarke BLS BGSU June
29th 2002
Haiti
"An Island where it has been possible to do some investigation is
Haiti where Dr. V. M. Valentine has recently been working. This Island is of
especial interest as Colombus records the name as having been in use when he
reached there ."(i.e. native tongue Haiti)
"Descourtilz writing in 1799 and 1803 refers to grottos and
caverns worked by man at Dubeda among the Gonaives, on the Selli Mountains,
near Port au Prince not far from French Cape. He says: "The superstitious
Indians worship their monstrous divinities in natural caverns, which are lit
from the top to allow the first rays of the sun to enter…The interior of these
natural vaults is lined with idols, encrusted and engraved in the rock, in
bizarre and grotesque forms, which the caciques usually interpret in their
favour…." The reference is accompanied by a drawing showing eight of the
idols, including toads with heads on their feet, monstrous human bodies with
cone shaped torsos and spherical knobs for heads, tortoises and other animals,
including snakes. E. Nau in his "Histoire des Caciques d’ Haiti",
refers to these caves and observes that the Caribs had no tradition of them.
For well over a century there has been no record of these petroglyphs and I am
inclined to think that the reason is simply that they have been taken over by
Voodoo worshippers who have looked after them with some care but have not
allowed any outsiders to penetrate. In view of the predominant part played by
Voodoo in the life of Haiti it seems that archaeologists will have to establish
some loose contact with its priests in order to be able to inspect the vaults.
Although Voodoo is on a more elementary basis than many other cults of a
similar nature, it works reasonably well and does not contain any new features
but rather a proliferation of those already existing elsewhere. I have always
wondered why it is that anthropologists who look into these basic religions
seem to forget their archaeology in the excitement of finding out the
psychological reactions inherent in them. A good example of the way to do
things was shown by Thor Heyherdahl when doing his final researches on Easter
Island. The extensive use of caves in the Caribbean Islands shows that they
were used as refuges during some period of great disaster. The debased nature
of the pictures would be the direct result of the enforced incarceration. The
toads may well have been associated with this cause. Other writers include
Saint Mery who tells of a stone cut with strange and unknown lettering found in
the mountains of Guanaminto in 1787, and Schombrughk writing in 1854 who
records a stone circle of granite rocks near San Juan de Maguana, which had
a large granite rock statue in the center on which the eyes and mouth were
still visible."(Webmaster note –notice the similarity to the Easter
Island Aku statue explanation with eyes and mouth still visible, this I am sure
I am probably the first to note that association Dean Clarke June 29th
2002)
"The circle had a circumference of 2,270 feet. Peter Martyr in
1526 refered to ancient works of art found on Haiti, all trace of which has now
been lost. He also mentions the ancient gold mines found by Bartholomew
Columbus."
Bimini
Ponce de Leon the explorer while searching for Bimini missed his
course and landed at Miami.
He had hoped to find on Bimini the Fountain OF Youth" or did he
get this from some native source? "Ten years ago Horace Gouevia of
Midland, Michigan, found several cut stone square pillars in the water off
Bimini at a depth of 25 to 30 feet. The find reported the same year and Mr.
Gouveia subsequently transferred his headquarters to Perry, Florida. However I
have not been informed of any progress since then.
Conclusion
I tis felt that in this short paper
enough evidence has been produced to justify the assumption that ther is far
more historical material in the islands of the Caribbean than people are
willing to credit and that now is as good a time as any to look for it. (as of
1966). No mention has been made of the Commonwealth West Indian Islands as it
does not seem that any archaeological research has been done there of a nature
such as to enable one to draw a satisfactory conclusion.
Webmaster Note- since 1966 many
exciting things have occurred that would have really excited Egerton Sykes and
I’m sure even Edgar Cayce:
1. the Discovery of a stone circle near Miami i.e. of a
potential cat cult nature.
2. The Discovery of the West Cuba buildings 2,000 feet
underwater.
3. The various roads that seem to extend further out then
Sykes knew near Bimini, and pillars.
4. The recent find off the Coast of the Azores 250 miles
southwest of circled walls and a stone topped column building.
5. The Discovery of the other Indies i.e. the buildings
off the coast of India and her northern Bays.
6. The writings found off the West Cuba Coast as being
not the same as Maya directly in Petroglyph, or other writing systems.
From the Webmaster- I have in my
possession an article on the Etruscans and Pelasgians to America and I am sure
on these recent discoveries some people would be very interested on this
information.
Two
Important Discoveries in Atlantology and Atlantis in France, By E. Sykes