Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-11-09
MONOLITH PROBLEMS
nvsrsRY or THESE STRANGE STONE
MONUMENTS or the PAST.

Theory That All os Them, Those ON
the American Continent m. Well m.
Those I'm the East. Were Built bx
the Ancient PhSeniessn..
Among the greatest mysteries in the
mystery OF the past human history ON
earth the monoliths that stand I'm vsrl.
Gus parts OF the globe have always
been chief.
These strange stone monuments. gen
orally rude. with hardly any sculpture
but wonderfully large In size. are scat
tered everywhere. The most famous
or them are the cromIechs. such as
those In stonehenge. in England. 9th.
ers are found In the western part OF
France, in the northern part OF Ger.
many as far as the Oder river. in Den
mark and I'm Sweden.
Northern Africa. Madagascar and
Asia. from Mount Sinai and the Can.
casus TO India. all have some here and
there.
Lately they have been discovered
even In Siberia. There are several
places In japan where such stones
stand
Others have been found In North and
south America. Among the most won
derful and mysterious OF them all are
the vast. almost terrifying. stones.
rudely sculptured. that have been
found on Easter island. In the Pacific
ocean.
The mystery as TO what these stones
meant was not the only puzzle. The
greatest puzzle was how primitive Deo-
pie, without knowledge of engineering
and without known appliances. could
have moved and erected such giant
blocks. some OF which weigh as much
as go tons. In many districts where
the great memorials stand there are
no stones OF such size TO be found I'm
the earth Consequently they must
have been transported from places long
distances away.
For many generations-ever since
men have spent any time In thinking
over these NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. have
puzzled their heads over the monoliths
In vain. Whether they classed them as
all being the same or whether they
divided them into different classes.
they remained the same riddle.
In more recent years, however. there
has been systematic study Of all the
monolith memorials OF the world. and
as a result a novel theory has been
advanced.
1t is that one race-that Of the
Phoenicians-erected all these monu-
ments.
OF course n this IS correct II means
that history will have TO be revised.
for It would show that the Phocnicians
once knew all about the whole globe
and that they had visited America and
Asia long before modern days.
The hrst thing that led to the as
sumption that the phoeniclans had
raised tho monuments was the obser-
walton OF NJ. Levistre. a French ar
chaeolOgist. that almost all the mono
nths were 10 be found near the mouths
OF great rivers or along their courses.
This pointed 10 a people that used
ships.
Now. the Celts were never strong on
the water. Their boats were primitive.
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with hides. and they were unable to
move any distance from land in these
clumsy and unseaworthy contrivances.
Consequently. when the question
arose as 10 what race was advanced In
navigation in that early time when
these monuments were put up. the
answer naturally came that the only
race known 10 be race OF sailors and
merchants then was the race OF the
Phoenicians.
And II they were the Phoeniclans
how did they come 10 reach America ?
They had colonies on the islands OF
the western Mediterranean and even
IN the islands or the Atlantic ocean.
as history proves. Ii Is not hard To
imagine that they may have found
their way 10 America. Some archae-
ologists are even willing 10 believe
that they reached America by way of
the lost Atlantis. that legendary con
tinent that is now sunken somewhere
in the Atlantic ocean. IL IL ever ex-
listed.
At any rate. the theory that the
Phoenicians were the erectOrs OF the
monoliths of the world 10 commemO
rate discoveries or for religious pur-
poses stu later on gained strength
through the discovery OF great up
right stone near the river Loire. which
has Phoeniclan words engraved deeply
on It. Translated. these words say
ION this spot was slain our brave com
rade."
In San Luis. in Bolivia, is one of
these stones. which has on il the en-
craving of 4 foot printed and a snake
with its head raised. The footprint Is
well known Phoenician symbol OF
death and is found on many stone,
that cover ancient Phoenician buria
sites. And the snake with head raised
is another acknowledged PhOeniciaI
emblem. Exactly the same symbols rs
those on the South American ston,
have been found on stone In centra
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