Post by brillbilly on Oct 22, 2009 7:47:58 GMT 10
YONAGUNI AND PERU
The very first moments after the discovery of the Yonaguni underwater monument there may have been some doubt about its artificiality, due to its large scale. However, anybody interested in archaeology must have realized soon that there are similar enormous structures at other places in the world, the best known being that in Egypt. However, the most relevant are the ones from South America, specifically Peru, because they have a considerable likeness to the Yonaguni finds, as the following comparison of images will show (in each case: Yonaguni right), Peru left):
The comparison seems to show considerable stylistic similarities between the architecture of the Yonaguni and (pre-) Inca monuments. First of all there is the similarity in overall lay-out of the two top pictures. Secondly, there is the basic rectangular structure, heightened the use of some non-straight angles, in all four pictures. Note how in all cases the regularity enforced by rectangular features seems to have been intertwined with enforced irregularity within these patterns: when there is something like a staircase, almost no step is the same as any other.
The second common feature is the way rounded structures are used in the rare case they used at all. In the Yonaguni case these are the two holes and the round boulder. In the Inca case there is a similar rare set of holes at Quenko, see below:
[img src="http://www.altarcheologie.nl/south_america/gallery_peru_sculptures_1_files/perusp12_five.jpg[/iimg].![]()
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The very first moments after the discovery of the Yonaguni underwater monument there may have been some doubt about its artificiality, due to its large scale. However, anybody interested in archaeology must have realized soon that there are similar enormous structures at other places in the world, the best known being that in Egypt. However, the most relevant are the ones from South America, specifically Peru, because they have a considerable likeness to the Yonaguni finds, as the following comparison of images will show (in each case: Yonaguni right), Peru left):
The comparison seems to show considerable stylistic similarities between the architecture of the Yonaguni and (pre-) Inca monuments. First of all there is the similarity in overall lay-out of the two top pictures. Secondly, there is the basic rectangular structure, heightened the use of some non-straight angles, in all four pictures. Note how in all cases the regularity enforced by rectangular features seems to have been intertwined with enforced irregularity within these patterns: when there is something like a staircase, almost no step is the same as any other.
The second common feature is the way rounded structures are used in the rare case they used at all. In the Yonaguni case these are the two holes and the round boulder. In the Inca case there is a similar rare set of holes at Quenko, see below:
[img src="http://www.altarcheologie.nl/south_america/gallery_peru_sculptures_1_files/perusp12_five.jpg[/iimg].
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