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Is Unexplained Rock Carving Evidence of Advanced Ancient Technology?

Tuesday, September 30, 2014 16:23

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Is Unexplained Rock Carving Evidence of Advanced Ancient Technology 1st October 2014

By Steven & Evan Strong

Contributing Writers for Wake Up World

We have done this many times before. Our modus operandi is to share our research work co-operatively, engaging all manner of experts in a variety of fields. It is the only effective way of dealing with the huge diversity of science and archaeology that has come our way. In fact, as we are being guided by specialists in their fields, whom we trust implicitly, we find our relative ignorance is actually the best position from which to begin researching the most challenging artefacts. With no predisposition to what we learn along the way, the ego must surrender to the knowledge of those who know more.

Working from this base – curiosity surrounded by brilliance – we believe we have an advantage over those bound by the academic establishment. We are more interested in re-constructing the big picture from the pieces of evidence that come our way, than fitting new evidence into already-acceptedfictional accounts of history and science.

When the Penny Dropped

“I’m starting to pick this up … I get it!” Taken from our email response to our geological consultant, this was the moment when the “penny dropped”. It had been a protracted ordeal, and taken more time than any other geological work our mentor had guided us through, but finally the reasons why he was so “puzzled” and intrigued by the rock itself - and not just the engravings on the rock - started to become clear.

Our advisor is a geologist of the highest calibre who, owing to his preference to remain anonymous, guides and advises our team provided it is done without publicity. For the purpose of these articles, we refer to him as Professor X.

At this stage, Professor X is having real trouble doing anything more than ruling out what the rock is not. He has examined the possibility that it could be chert, river pebble, laterite, sandstone clast with a thin coating of iron oxide, ironstone, haematite and all manner of rocks containing iron oxide, and at the present stage, he is still unsure how this rock should be categorised, and has difficulty explaining its dark colour and hard composition.

Our geologist also made note of the “rinds or cortices” on the surface, indicating possible processes that seems to break all the rules. He describes two subgroups of rind types as bases of comparison:

a) Weathering rinds-typically lighter coloured (due to leaching).

b) Rinds on clasts in laterite-like ironstones (due to iron oxide ACCRETION).

Hard or Black (But Not Both)

Having clearly defined how things should proceed, Professor X went on to explain that “neither of the above fit well”.

In the most basic terms, it comes down to this: it can be hard and not black, or black and not hard, but never black and hard. This rock is most obviously very black and very hard. As Professor X put it to us:

“the (a) type could be on HARD stone yet is rarely black. The (b) type is rarely black (could get to be black with ‘excessive’ development) but mostly does not fit because it is accretional and always composed of iron oxide and iron oxide IS NOT HARD. A hard crust somehow related to heating seems at least feasible but in my collection of melt/fused/heated surfaces I have no close match in appearance to it. Hence as said before I can’t point to anything that is very close to having its properties as per your photos and presuming it is moderately heavy.”

And it is this aggregation of unique “properties” that is the primary focus of this article. To best understand the problems faced and the process our geologist went through that led up to this geological impasse, we have selected comments made from a series of emails from which we will piece together a narrative that may assist the reader in understanding the difficulties every geologist must face when considering this excavated rock.

A series of three emails sent between us, subtitled “Could your rock with lines on it have come from laterite?” best illustrates the knowledge, rigour and the steps taken – leading nowhere. He began by referencing previous research done on laterite, in particular he was interested in formations exhibiting a “thin coating or iron oxide” as being a possible explanation.

“Such coatings are very common in laterites or at laterite terrains. They are of haematite and brown or red-brown. Thus this phenomenon CAN give you a coating/cortex of darker over lighter”.

So finally, a geological agency seemed to have been identified that could explain the engraved rock’s darker cortex… but this respite was momentary. Professor X continued…

“BUT: I don’t think I have ever seen these coatings very dark brown or black. And, iron oxide (haematite / limonite / goethite) is never very hard-like your rock seemingly is.”

This rock really does seem to sit outside all geological conventions. Of course, until he personally examines the rock he is obliged to always add a proviso like “seemingly”, as would any good scholar, but we are certain that, upon inspection, there will be no more equivocations. The rock’s colour, being black, is one of many other features our expert is grappling with.

“The coatings on clasts in laterites are usually brown but not black but cannot say they NEVER approach black even if that be rare … in that some clasts getting to about car key length are very dark. But usually the very dark or black ferruginous clasts found in laterite areas are only pea or marble sized things.”

Our advisor well knows, as we do, known forms of “marble sized” or “pea” shaped black rock may apply to many other rocks and formations, but does not apply here. Because of its size alone, this rock seems to stand apart from the geology of the local area, and possibly everywhere.

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