From: Damien Broderick (d.broderick@english.unimelb.edu.au)
Date: Sat May 04 2002 - 01:29:55 MDT
>From Pravda (stap me vitals, I think it's just possible that by `stab' the
quirky translator means `slab', but hey):
2002-04-30 THE MAP OF "THE CREATOR"
A find of Bashkir scientists contraries to traditional notions of human
history: stone stabs which is 120 million years covered with the relief map
of Ural Region.
This seems to be impossible. Scientists of Bashkir State University
have found indisputable proofs of an ancient highly developed
civilization's existence. The question is about a great plate found in
1999, with picture of the region done according to an unknown technology.
This is a real relief map. Today's military has almost similar maps. The
map contains civil engineering works: a system of channels with a length of
about 12,000 km, weirs, powerful dams. Not far from the channels,
diamond-shaped grounds are shown, whose destination is unknown. The map
also contains some inscriptions. Even numerous inscriptions. At first, the
scientists thought that was Old Chinese language. Though, it turned out
that the subscriptions were done in a hieroglyphic-syllabic language of
unknown origin. The scientists never managed to read it…
"The more I learn the more I understand that I know nothing," - the
doctor of physical and mathematical science, professor of Bashkir State
University, Alexandr Chuvyrov admits. Namely Chuvyrov made that sensational
find. Already in 1995, the professor and his post-graduate student from
China Huan Hun decided to study the hypothesis of possible migration of Old
Chinese population to the territory of Siberia and Ural. In an expedition
to Bashkiria, they found several rock carvings done in Old Chinese
language. These finds confirmed the hypothesis of Chinese migrants. The
subscriptions were read. They mostly contained information about trade
bargains, marriage and death registration.
Though, during the searches, notes dated the 18th century were found in
archives of Ufa governor-general. They reported about 200 unusual stone
stabs which were situated not far from the Chandar village, Nurimanov
Region. Chuvyrov and his colleague at once decided that stabs could be
connected with Chinese migrants. Archive notes also reported that in
17th-18th centuries, expeditions of Russian scientists who investigated
Ural Region had studied 200 white stabs with signs and patterns, while in
early 20th century, archaeologist A.Schmidt also had seen some white stabs
in Bashkiria. This made the scientist start the search. In 1998, after
having formed a team of his students, Chuvyrov launched the work. He hired
a helicopter, and the first expedition carried a flying around of the
places where the stabs were supposed to be. Though, despite all efforts,
the ancient stabs were not found. Chuvyrov was very upset and even thought
the stabs were just a beautiful legend.
The luck was unexpected. During one of Chuvyrov's trips to the
village, ex-chairman of the local agricultural council, Vladimir Krainov,
came to him (apropos, in the house of Krainov's father, archaelogist
Schmidt once staid) and said: "Are you searching for some stone stabs? I
have a strange stab in my yard." "At first, I did not took that report
seriously, - Chuvyrov told. - Though, I decided to go to that yard to see
it. I remember this day exactly: July 21, 1999. Under the porch of the
house, the stab with some dents lied. The stab was so heavy that we
together could not take it out. So I went to the city of Ufa, to ask for
help."
In a week, work was launched in Chandar. After having dug out the
stab, the searches were stroke with its size: it was 148 cm high, 106 cm
wide and 16 cm thick. While it weighed at least one ton. The master of the
house made special wooden rollers, so the stab was rolled out from the
hole. The find was called "Dashka's stone" (in honour of Alexandr
Chuvyrov's granddaughter born the day before it) and transported to the
university for investigation. After the stab was cleaned of earth, the
scientists could not entrust to their eyes... "At first sight, - Chuvyrov
sais, - I understood that was not a simple stone piece, but a real map, and
not a simple map, but a three-dimensional. You can see it yourself."
"How did we manage to identify the place? At first, we could not
imagine the map was so ancient. Happily, relief of today's Bashkiria has
not changed so much within millions of years. We could identify Ufa Height,
while Ufa Canyon is the main point of our proofs, because we carried out
geological studies and found its track where it must be according to the
ancient map. Displacement of the canyon happened because of tectonic stabs
which moved from East. The group of Russian and Chinese specialists in the
field of cartography, physics, mathematics, geology, chemistry, and Old
Chinese language managed to precisely find out that the stab contains the
map of Ural region, with rivers Belya, Ufimka, Sutolka," - Alexandr
Chuvyrov said while showing the lines on the stone to the journalists. -
You can see Ufa Canyon - the break of the earth's crust, stretched out from
the city of Ufa to the city of Sterlitimak. At the moment, Urshak River
runs over the former canyon." The map is done on a scale 1 : 1.1 km.
Alexandr Chuvyrov, being physicist, has got into the habit of
entrusting only to results of investigation. While today there are such
facts.
Geological structure of the stab was determined: it cosists of three
levels. The base is 14 cm chick, made of the firmest dolomite. The second
level is probably the most interesting, "made" of diopside glas. The
technology of its treatement is not known to modern science. Actually, the
picture is marked on this level. While the third level is 2 mm thick and
made of calcium porcelain protecting the map from external impact.
"It should be noticed, - the professor said, - that the relief has not
been manually made by an ancient stonecutter. It is simply impossible. It
is obvious that the stone was machined." X-ray photographs confirmed that
the stab was of artificial origin and has been made with some precision
tools.
At first, the scientists supposed that the ancient map could have been
made by the ancient Chinese, because of vertical inscriptions on the map.
As well known, vertical literature was used in Old Chinese language before
3rd century. To check his supposition, professor Chuvyrov visited Chinese
empire library. Within 40 minutes he could spend in the library according
to the permission he looked through several rare books, though no one of
them contained literature similar to that one on the stab. After the
meeting with his colleagues from Hunan university, he completely gave up
the version about "Chinese track." The scientist concluded that porcelain
covering the stab had never been used in China. Although all the efforts to
decipher the inscriptions were fruitless, it was found out that the
literature had hieroglyphic-syllabic character. Chuvyrov, however, states
he has deciphered one sign on the map: it signifies latitude of today's
city of Ufa.
The longer the stab was studied, the more mysteries appeared. On the
map, a giant irrigative system could be seen: in addition to the rivers,
there are two 500-metre-wide channel systems, 12 dams, 300-500 metres wide,
approximately 10 km long and 3 km deep each. The dams most likely helped in
turning water in either side, while to create them over 1 quadrillion cubic
metres of earth was shifted. In comparison with that irrigative system,
Volga-Don Channel looks like a scratch on the today's relief. As a
physicist, Alexandr Chuvyrov supposes that now mankind can build only a
small part of what is pictured on the map. According to the map, initially,
Belaya River had an artificial river-bad.
It was difficult to determine even an approximate age of the stab. At
first, radiocarbonic analysis was carried out, afterwards levels of stab
were scanned with uranium chronometer, though the investigations showed
different results and the age of the stab remained unclear. While examining
the stone, two shells were found on its surface. The age of one of them -
Navicopsina munitus of Gyrodeidae family - is about 500 million years,
while of the second one - Ecculiomphalus princeps of Ecculiomphalinae
subfamily - is about 120 million years. Namely that age was accepted as a
"working version." "The map was probably created at the time when the
Earth's magnetic pole situated in the today's area of Franz Josef Land,
while this was exactly 120 million years ago, - professor Chuvyrov says. -
The map we have is beyond of traditional perception of mankind and we need
a long time to get used to it. We have got used to our miracle. At first we
thought that the stone was about 3,000 years. Though, that age was
gradually growing, till we identified the shells ingrained in the stone to
sign some objects. Though, who could guarantee that the shell was alive
while being ingrained in the map? The map's creator probably used a
petrified find."
What could be the destination of the map? That is probably the most
interesting thing. Materials of the Bashkir find were already investigated
in Centre of Historical Cartography in Visconsin, USA. The Americans were
amazed. According to them, such three-dimensional map could have only one
destination - a navigational one, while it could be worked out only through
aerospace survey. Moreover, namely now in the US, work is being carried out
at creation of world three-dimensional map like that. Though, the Americans
intend to complete the work only to 2010. The question is that while
compiling such three-dimensional map, it is necessary to work over too many
figures. "Try to map at least a mountain! - Chuvyrov says. - The technology
of compiling such maps demands super-power computers and aerospace survey
from the Shuttle." So, who then did created this map? Chuvyrov, while
speaking about the unknown cartographers, is wary: "I do not like talks
about some UFO and extraterrestrial. Let us call the author of the map
simply - the creator."
It looks like that who lived and built at that time used only air
transport means: there is no ways on the map. Or they, probably, used water
ways. There is also an opinion, that the authors of the ancient map did not
live there at all, but only prepared that place for settlement through
draining the land. This seems to be the most probable version, though
nothing could be stated for the time being. Why not to assume that the
authors belonged to a civilization which existed earlier?
Latest investigations of the map bring one sensation after another.
Now, the scientists are sure of the map being only a fragment of a big map
of the Earth. According to some hypothesis, there were totally 348
fragments like that. The other fragments could be probably somewhere near
there. In outskirts of Chandar, the scientists took over 400 samples of
soil and found out that the whole map had been most likely situated in the
gorge of Sokolinaya Mountain (Falcon Mountain). Though, during the glacial
epoch it was tore to pieces. But if the scientists manage to gather the
"mosaic," the map should have an approximate seize of 340 x 340 m. After
having studied the archive materials, Chuvyrov ascertained approximate
place where four pieces could be situated: one could lie under one house in
Chandar, the other - under the house of merchant Khasanov, the third -
under one of the village baths, the fourth - under the bridge's pier of the
local narrow-gauge railway.
In the meanwhile, Bashkir scientists send out information about their
find to different scientific centres of the world; in several international
congresses, they have already given reports on the subject: The Civil
Engineering Works Map of an Unknown Civilization of South Ural."
The find of Bashkir scientists has no analogues. With only one
exclusion. When the research was at its height, a small stone - chalcedony
- got to professor Chuvyrov's table, containing a similar relief. Probably
somebody, who saw the stab wanted to copy the relief. Though, who and why?
Translated by Vera Solovieva
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