Submerged Secrets: Could Japan’s Yonaguni Monument Rewrite Human History?

[Social Media]

 

Title: Submerged Secrets: Could Japan’s Yonaguni Monument Rewrite Human History?

 

Off the southern coast of Japan, beneath the waters surrounding the Ryukyu Islands, lies a mysterious stone formation that has reignited global fascination with ancient civilizations. The Yonaguni Monument, sitting 82 feet underwater and rising nearly 90 feet in height, may be far more than just a natural rock formation. If proven to be man-made, it could predate Egypt’s pyramids and England’s Stonehenge by thousands of years, suggesting the existence of a sophisticated civilization long before the dawn of agriculture.

 

 

Discovered in 1986, the Yonaguni Monument features wide terraces, angular steps, and formations that appear carved with purpose. The precision and scale of the site have led some researchers and enthusiasts to call it “Japan’s Atlantis.” Many now speculate that it could be the oldest known human-made structure on Earth — potentially over 10,000 years old. If true, such a revelation would challenge everything we currently believe about the capabilities of ancient humans and the timeline of civilization.

 

 

Supporters of the theory argue that Yonaguni shows clear signs of intelligent design. Author Graham Hancock, known for his controversial work on lost civilizations, recently debated the monument’s origins on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast with archaeologist Flint Dibble. “To me, Flint, it’s stunning that you see that as a totally natural thing, but I guess we’ve just got very different eyes,” Hancock said. He pointed to what he believes are carved steps, megaliths, arches, and even a face-like engraving etched into the rock. “If this really was built by a mysterious civilization more than 10,000 years ago, it would place Yonaguni in the same league as Göbekli Tepe in Turkey — one of the oldest known man-made structures, dated to around 9500 BC.”

 

 

Dibble, however, remains unconvinced. “I’ve seen a lot of crazy natural stuff and I see nothing here that to me reminds me of human architecture,” he said during their discussion. That skepticism is shared by other scientists, including Boston University’s Robert Schoch, who has argued the structure is the result of natural geological processes. “The sandstones tend to break along planes and give you these very straight edges, particularly in an area with lots of faults and tectonic activity,” Schoch explained in a past interview with National Geographic.

 

Yet not all experts dismiss the possibility of human involvement. Japanese geologist Masaaki Kimura has long supported the theory that Yonaguni is a man-made structure and has even linked it to the mythical lost continent of Lemuria. Kimura once suggested the monument could have been constructed 2,000 to 3,000 years ago, when sea levels were lower and the site was potentially above water.

 

Whether a submerged city lost to time or simply a remarkable geological oddity, the Yonaguni Monument continues to provoke curiosity and controversy. For now, the mystery remains unresolved — resting quietly beneath the sea as divers and scientists continue to search for answers.

 

Based on a report by NYP  2025-04-09

 

 

 

[Stiddle Mump]

Wow!! Absolutely fascinating.

 

What did the women look like?

 

[Red Phoenix]

For those members interested in similar (and even much older) remnants of civilizations long before the official history of mankind, here the link to a previous thread on that subject. 

https://aseannow.com/topic/1356960-why-do-authorities-quickly-stop-any-potential-history-changing-discoveriesexcavations/

> 

So much of our past is kept hidden from us...

Just like in the case of the chambers at Gunung Padang, Indonesia or Göbekli Tepe, Turkey…