This is one of the most mysterious artifacts in the world. The diameter of the stone circle, found in Colombia and called the genetic disk, is 27 centimeters and weighs about two kilograms.
Both sides of it are covered with images of intrauterine development of the fetus at all stages. Now doctors observe this process with the help of special devices. But how did the details of him become known six thousand years ago? And what other knowledge could representatives of a civilization unknown to us possess?
Drawings that cannot be repeated
Colombian professor Jaime Gutierrez Leta has been collecting unexplained antiquities for decades. Most of the specimens from his collection were found in the little-explored and rugged area of Sutathaus, located in the province of Cundinamarca. These are stones with images of people and animals, as well as products with incomprehensible symbols and inscriptions in an unknown language.
The main exhibits of the professor's collection are a genetic (second name is embryological) disc and other things made from lydite, a stone that was originally mined in Lydia, a country in the west of Asia Minor.
This mineral is comparable in hardness to granite, but with exceptional strength it has a layered structure and is very difficult to process.
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The stone is also known under the names darlingite, radiolarite and basanite, it is distinguished by its bright color. Since ancient times, it has been used for the production of jewelry and mosaics.
But carving something on it, even using modern tools, is almost impossible!
This is not allowed by the layered structure of the mineral, which, under the influence of the cutter, will necessarily crumble. And yet the genetic disk is made from it. Moreover, the drawings do not look like carving, but rather stamping.
Apparently, when processing the mineral, some unknown technology was used. That is, even without taking into account the images themselves, we immediately come across the first mystery, which so far remains unexplained.
Underground Tunnel Masters
Another mystery - where exactly was the disc found? Professor Leta purchased it from one of the local residents, who claimed to have found a stone circle with inscriptions somewhere near the town of Sutataus.
But some scholars (for example, Erich von Daniken) admit that the disc could be related to the collection of rarities of the priest Carlo Crespi, a missionary who worked in the middle of the 20th century in Ecuador. In order to somehow support his parishioners, Padre Crespi bought antiquities from the local residents that they found in the fields or in the jungle, from Inca ceramics to stone slabs.
The priest himself never took into account his collection, but it is known that it contained items that did not belong to any of the known archaeological cultures of South America. These were mainly objects made of metals, but there were also stone circles and tablets covered with inscriptions and drawings.
After the death of the priest, some valuables from his collection were taken to the Vatican, while others were simply thrown away.
According to Crespi himself, local residents found stone products covered with drawings near the Ecuadorian city of Cuenca - in underground tunnels and chambers located among the jungle. Padre also claimed that an ancient system of such underground tunnels stretching more than 200 kilometers from the city of Cuenca into the jungle. Later, Erich von Daniken wrote about the same system of tunnels in his book "The Gold of the Gods".
Could the genetic disk be somehow related to the people who built these underground structures?
Drawings on the stone circle
What is shown on the disc raises no less questions. Along its circumference on both sides, the whole process of the birth of a human being is shown with pinpoint accuracy: the device of the reproductive organs of a man and a woman, the moment of conception, the intrauterine development of the fetus, the birth of a baby.
On the left side (if we imagine a circle in the form of a clock face - approximately in the area of number 11) there is a clear drawing of a male testicle without a sperm cell and next to it - the same one with a sperm cell (apparently, the author wanted to show the process of the generation of a male seed).
For information: sperm were discovered by Anthony van Leeuwenhoek and his student Johann Gam only in 1677. As you know, this event was preceded by the invention of the microscope. But the drawings on the disc prove the existence of such knowledge in ancient times!
Further on the disc, in the direction of the number 1, you can see several sperm cells that have already been born. This is followed by an incomprehensible drawing - scientists have not come to a common conclusion what it means. In the area of figure 3, images of a man, a woman and a child are visible. True, what race these people belong to is impossible to determine.
On the reverse side of the disc, at the top, an embryo is depicted in several stages of development, ending with a formed infant. The drawings show the evolution of intrauterine life from amphibian to human. In the area of the number 6 there is again an image of a man and a woman.
The medical examination confirmed that the disc does indeed depict the main stages in the development of the human embryo, which can be easily identified. In particular, this is indicated by such features as the eyes, as it were, lying outside the rest of the head, as well as a wide segment of the nose. These features are characteristic of early embryonic development of the head.
Other artifacts from the collection
In addition to the disc, Gutierrez's collection contains other items made from lidite. Apparently, they belonged to the same mysterious representatives of an unknown civilization.
For example, a multi-figured statuette with a mother and a child on one side and men in hunting gear on the other.
Or a very unusual knife. Above on its handle is the mother's head, and below - the head of a child, whose neck is entwined with an umbilical cord. Obviously, this knife was used to cut the umbilical cord and save the life of the newborn. In addition, it could be used in case of complications when a child was born.
The knife is made so that it is convenient to press on it with only one thumb - that is, not with all your might. It is much safer for the baby - even compared to the instruments that are used today, as sometimes there is a risk of damaging the baby's head when using them.
Among the artifacts, there are many other items that are clearly used for medical purposes. Small in size, they are distinguished by extraordinary perfection of forms.
The renowned explorer of archaeological finds, Professor Klaus Dona from Austria, directed the examination of these instruments in Vienna. In a number of articles, he noted that they had been carefully examined by the world's best experts.
The conclusions were unanimous: no one could understand how these objects were created, but everyone agreed that today it is impossible to make such perfect instruments from the same material. They fit any size hand - they were made with such precision.
Lydite medical instruments
Thousands of years ago
To what time period does the genetic disk and medical instruments from lydite belong?
Geological examination, carried out at the National University of Columbia, showed that they belong to the prehistoric era and the possibility of falsifying these artifacts is practically excluded.
Since they are found in Colombia (or, which is possible, in Ecuador) and do not belong to any of the existing pre-Columbian cultures of South America, researchers determine their age at least six thousand years.
So far, no one can explain what kind of technology was used to make such items. But based on the study of these findings, we can conclude: they all belong to a highly developed civilization of the past unknown to us, about the existence of which official science cannot yet say anything.
And it is not at all excluded that the secrets of genetics are encrypted in the embryonic disk, which have yet to be discovered by modern scientists.
Victor SVETLANIN