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Javier Darquea and the Ica Stones

Christopher O'Brien

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From: The Anomalist Daily News:
"Often dismissed as a hoax, due mainly to the fact their authenticity would shoot holes in conventional theories of Man's history, the carved stones housed in the Museo Cabrera, located in the small Peruvian town of Ica, defy the skeptics' claims. The stones are the collection of physician Dr. Javier Cabrera Darquea, who studied the curiously heavy rocks for 37 years after having been given one for his birthday. Both the physical make-up of the stones and the scenes depicted on them are part of their mystery, and the major reason those who do not want the stones to be what they appear to be have been able to label them as modern day forgeries. Depictions of humans contemporaneous with dinosaurs on the stones remain the most major argument for the hoax label, but other strangely out-of-time depictions exist, too, like depictions of caesarean sections and the use of telescopes to study the heavens. Are these puzzling carved stones, as Dr. Cabrera believed, a library of ancient knowledge? "

More info here at: The Epoch Times

"True believer" David Childress has extensively investigated the Cabrera stones mystery and is convinced that the stones were hoaxed by artists hired by Cabrera. Back in the '80s, while in Ica, Cabrera showed DHC a secret, special stone that showed the etchings of "three men being crucified." This was the final straw in David's mind concerning the truth behind the stones as NOT being "80 million years old." What really draws DHC to the Ica area tima and time again is the other museum in town that features some of the most mind-blowing "conehead skulls" every discovered. "These elongated human skulls are totally real," according to Childress.

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I have a lot of trouble when an article starts with a non-sequitur logical fallacy like "Often dismissed as a hoax, due mainly to the fact their authenticity would shoot holes in conventional theories of Man's history, the carved stones housed in the Museo Cabrera, located in the small Peruvian town of Ica, defy the skeptics' claims."
Talk about starting out on the defensive. Without proper study, these stones can not be proven to be authentic.

It frustrating to hear something like that because the stones have not been tested since it's impossible to to date them without knowing the cave in which they were found (The Mysterious Ica Stones).

Although they are not necessarily a hoax (although they really seem to be), we can't go forward with wild theories until the stones are properly dated. Once they are, we can take it from there.

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"True believer" David Childress has extensively investigated the Cabrera stones mystery and is convinced that the stones were hoaxed by artists hired by Cabrera. Back in the '80s, while in Ica, Cabrera showed DHC a secret, special stone that showed the etchings of "three men being crucified." This was the final straw in David's mind concerning the truth behind the stones as NOT being "80 million years old." What really draws DHC to the Ica area tima and time again is the other museum in town that features some of the most mind-blowing "conehead skulls" every discovered. "These elongated human skulls are totally real," according to Childress.

Well that's good to hear.
At least I can agree with him on something. Also, no need to label him as "true believer" just to prove a point. Just because he doesn't believe in this thing doesn't mean that the other stuff he believes in is any less (how can i say this without being a dick).... silly.
 
From what I've read on the subject of the Ica Stones, the most informative article was published in Fortean Times in 2001...http://www.forteantimes.com/features/articles/259/jurassic_library_the_ica_stones.html

When it comes to the elongated skulls, there's nothing that convinces me they are anything other than terrestrial. Claims or suggestions that they are somehow trying to emulate the skulls of ancient astronauts or aliens are usually pretty weak. There's at least a century of good research into the practice of cranial modification.

It wasn't just Africa and S American cultures who engaged in the practice...European and Middle Eastern peoples also did. There's a couple of papers out there that discuss evidence in Neanderthal skulls of similar skulll-binding.
 
When it comes to the elongated skulls, there's nothing that convinces me they are anything other than terrestrial. Claims or suggestions that they are somehow trying to emulate the skulls of ancient astronauts or aliens are usually pretty weak. There's at least a century of good research into the practice of cranial modification.SNIP.
Whoa, who said anything about ET, or emulating ETs, or anything of the sort? Certainly not David! He's intrigued by the worldwide cultural and medical implications of this very interesting HUMAN practice, nothing more. Why would this practice spring up around the world? What was the motivation for subcultures "officially" not aware of one another to conduct these skull modifications? etc etc
 
Whoa, who said anything about ET, or emulating ETs, or anything of the sort? Certainly not David! He's intrigued by the worldwide cultural and medical implications of this very interesting HUMAN practice, nothing more. Why would this practice spring up around the world? What was the motivation for subcultures "officially" not aware of one another to conduct these skull modifications? etc etc

It is a strange practice, similar in vein to the elongated neck thing practiced by the Padaung.
 
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