IF YOU VISIT PERU, THIS MUSEUM IS RECOMMENDED AS A MUST SEE. YOU WILL ENJOY VISITING IT! ASK YOUR TOUR COMPANY OR GUIDE TO PUT IT ON YOUR SCHEDULE, It is not on the usual list of places to visit. The Ica Stones: The mysterious collection of Dr. Javier Cabrera (1924-2001). In the town of Ica, Peru there is a unique collection of over 11,000 stones that were collected, organized, and analyzed by Dr. Javier Cabrera Darquea. His home has become a museum for these strange artifacts, which are engraved with scenes of an ancient people, and are believed to be an encyclopedia of ancient knowledge. Amazingly, some of the scenes show things which most mainstream archeologists believe to be impossible, including man interacting with dinosaurs, performing complex medical procedures (brain surgeries, heart transplants, genetic experimentation, etc.), and depictions of the Earth's continents as they were millions of years in the past. .The people that interacting with dinosaurs, are shown hunting or struggling with a variety of monsters that resemble BRONTOSAURS, TRICERATOPS, STEGOSAURS, AND PTERODACTYLS, some human beings are portrayed as having domesticated animals that appear to be DINOSAURS and are using them for transportation and warfare. People are shown using telescopes, and looking at the stars. The Ica stones are a collection of stones allegedly discovered in a cave near Ica, Peru. The cave where the stones were allegedly discovered has never been identified, much less examined by scientists. Skeptics consider the stones to be a pathetic hoax, created for a gullible tourist trade. Nevertheless, three groups in particular have endeavored to support the authenticity of the stones: (a) those who believe that extraterrestrials are an intimate part of Earth's "real" history; (b) fundamentalist creationists who drool at the thought of any possible error made by anthropologists, archaeologists, evolutionary biologists, etc.; and (c) the mytho-historians who claim that ancient myths are accurate historical records to be understood literally. The Ica stone craze began in 1996 when Dr. Javier Cabrera Darquea, a Peruvian physician who abandoned his career in medicine in Lima, to open up the Museo de Piedras Grabadas (Engraved Stones Museum) in Ica. Dr. Cabrera claimed that a farmer found the stones in a cave. The farmer was later on, arrested for selling the stones to tourists. He told the police that he didn't really find them in a cave, but that he made them himself. Other modern Ica artists, however, continue to carve stones and sell forgeries of the farmer's forgeries. In 1975, Basilio Uchuya and Irma Gutierrez de Aparcana claimed that they sold Cabrera stones they'd graved themselves and that they'd chosen their subject matter by copying from "comic books, school books, and magazines". One stone shows what is claimed to be an extinct fish. It is argued by the Extraterrestrialites and the Creationists that this depiction of an extinct fish proves either that the Indians who made these stones were given information by aliens about extinct fish (for they could not possibly have found any fossils and copied the fossils) or that the timeline that places extinctions of animals like this fish millions of years in the past are clearly wrong. They claim that since the Indians lived within the past millennium or two, the extinctions must be recent. It is argued by the Myth-Is-Historyites that since the stones depict men attacking monsters, monsters must really have existed and men must really have attacked them. Thus, either humans existed during the Jurassic period or dinosaurs existed until very recently. It is argued by all of the above that this means that evolutionists are wrong. Furthermore, the fact that they won't admit that they are wrong proves that there is a conspiracy among scientists to keep the truth from the public in order to dupe us into believing things that are inconsistent with both the notion that God created all species a few thousand years ago and that we are all descendents of aliens. (Note: these are the same scientists who have kept the truth from us about the reality of the monsters depicted in stories, on vases, and on temples in ancient Greece, India, etc. They have also kept from us the truth about the ancient Egyptians building pyramids as radio towers. There are many other things these wicked scientists have hidden from us, such as that in 75,000,000 B.C. Xenu ordered a nuclear attack on our planet.) Dr. Cabrera's theory was that the stones actually depict the first Peruvian culture as an extremely advanced technological civilization since the stones allegedly depict open-heart surgery, brain transplants, telescopes, flying machines, etc. When did these people exist? Dr. Cabrera said that they came to earth from the Pleiades about one million years ago. How does he know this? That is anybody's guess, but you can read about it in Cabrera's book The Message of the Engraved Stones of Ica. The question is often asked; why don't scientists simply date the stones and settle the matter? The answer is, stones without organic material trapped in them can only be dated by dating the organic material in the strata in which they are found. Since Cabrera's stones come from some mystery cave which has never been identified, much less excavated, there is no way to date them. The proof that the stones are not a hoax, said Dr. Cabrera, is in their number. "There are too many stones for a single farmer, or even a collective of hoaxers, to have scratched out." He claims that the locals have unearthed about 50,000 stones and that they showed him a "tunnel" where there are another 100,000. Furthermore, said Dr. Cabrera, who apparently thought of himself an expert on volcanic stone, as well as on extinct fish, "andesite is too hard to carve well by mere mortals using stone tools." True, but the stones aren't carved. They are graved, i.e., a surface layer of oxidation has been scratched away. Dr. Cabrera assumed that the creators of the stones only had stone tools available to them. The Inca, Maya and Aztec cultures all had advanced metallurgy by the time the Spanish arrived. Cabrera and the Ica locals certainly have more than stone tools available to them. Basilio explained how he and Irma achieved the "ancient" look on their stones: They laid out the graved stones in a chicken pen and the "chickens did the rest". While Dr. Cabrera's story does not have the ring of verisimilitude about it, it does have a certain charm. The story certainly has found several ready audiences who have found a niche in their own belief systems for the stones. Never mind that the belief systems not only contradict one another, but are also contrary to the preponderance of the scientific evidence. It does seem that the creationists, mythohistorians, and extraterrestrialists are in a jihad against the belief in evolution, where apparently they think it is one's duty to make the preposterous seem plausible.

NOTE: With all of that negative commentary being said! We do know that the branding of the stones as a hoax early on, has dissuaded what little genuine scientific curiousity made it past the barriers of the status quo. However, it was the opinion of Dr. Cabrera, and others that the stones are indeed genuine, and that their antiquity is proof of a previously unknown ancient civilization whose existance has been lost to history. If the stones are not a hoax, it would certainly change our understanding of ancient man, and of some scientific thought. The Cabrera Museum in Ica, Peru is still being run by his family, and is currently open by appointment. We stopped in the town of Ica and toured the Cabrera Museum. The photos below are of that visit. We were fortunate enough to meet with Ms. Eugenia Cabrera de Velasquez the Association Secretary and co-Director of the Museum. She is also the Museum Administrator and founding partner of the Association. Eugenia Cabrera is also the daughter of Dr. Cabrera. Eugenia is entrusted with establishing the creation of The Ica Stones Museum and its collaborative investigations. We spent about an hour with Eugenia Cabrera and found her to be a very kind and highly intellegent person. We have the highest respect for her. If you visit the Cabrera Museum, we hope you can have the opportunity to visit with Eugenia Cabrera. If you wish to contact her, we have a direct link to her organizations web page - Labyrinthina. It is: www.labyrinthina.com/ We visited the Cabrera Museum on March 15, 2011 at about 2:54 PM. The Ica Stones Museum is located in Ica, Peru and open by request to groups and individuals by contacting the Association at the address below. If you wish to become a Member of the Ica Stones Association, please send your financial donation to the following address: Eugenia Cabrera, Director The Ica Stones Association Bolivar 170-Plaza de Armas Ica, Peru South America

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