'Strange pyramid' under the Japanese sea

Yonaguni Jima sea rocks in the land of cherry blossoms have long confounded scientists. Recently, an expert claimed they were actually ruins of Atlantis - an ancient earthquake-stricken city about 2,000 years ago.

That was the statement of Masaaki Kimura, a marine geologist at Ryukyus University, Japan, after more than 15 years of diving into the area to measure and understand its formation. Every time he dives, Kimura says he is even more confident that at his feet is a relic of an ancient city of 5,000 years.

Strange stone structures in the Japanese sea, which look like a pyramid's ruins.(Photo: National Geography)

"The largest structure that looks like a ladder pyramid, made of monolith, rising at a depth of 25 meters," Kimura presented his latest hypothesis at a scientific conference last June. . But unlike other stories about sunken cities, Kimura's claim has caused much controversy.

Some scientists believe that they are actually ruins of Atlantis.

"I do not believe that any structure or mass is artificial terraces, they are all natural," said Robert Schoch, a professor of science and mathematics at Boston University who once dived. Go down to this area, get it.

"It's just sandy layers, which tend to break on a long plane, and create very straight edges, especially in areas with many faults and seismic activity," he explained.

The largest structure looks like a ladder pyramid, made of monolith.

In addition, even the Cultural Organization of the Japanese government as well as the Okinawa prefectural government do not consider vestiges of Yonaguni an important cultural heritage. Both agencies have never conducted research or conservation in this area.

Is the ruins or not?

Yonaguni Jima is an island located near the southernmost of the Japanese Ryukyu Peninsula. A local diver first discovered the ruins here in 1986. Today, tourists can dive to watch for free.

Some experts believe that this undersea structure could be the remains of Mu , a legendary Pacific civilization that was rumored to have been submerged by the waves.

Kimura also said that his first impression that these structures are natural. But he changed his mind after the first dive."I think it is difficult to explain their origin as pure nature, because there is so much evidence of human impact," he said. For example, he found sharp marks on the stone, rudimentary characters on carved faces and chiseled pieces of rock resembling animals.

No matter who created this city, most of it was engulfed in a great commotion, which was familiar at the Pacific belt, Kimura said.

Great prehistoric civilization?

After years of studying the formation of this ruins, Japanese scientists came to the amazing conclusion that this is a vestige of an ancient high civilization, an ancient city. earthquake sunk about 12,000 years ago.

Divers have discovered long roads, large boulevards, large stair structures, archway structures, huge stone blocks that are precisely and meticulously cut. The giant staircase here was built from a series of 1m high stone layers, like a pyramid ladder.

The hieroglyphic groups found indicate that those who built these undersea ruins belonged to a very advanced civilization.

Chronological assessments show that this structure could be born around 8,000 to 10,000 BC, older than any known civilization.

Until now, researchers have not identified the owner of this mysterious pyramid. Archaeologists at the University of London believe that those who built this work had a level that surpassed the Mesopotamia and Indian rivers.

The presence of the building also reinforces the hypothesis of the existence of a great civilization from prehistoric times, erased from human memory after a cataclysm.