Some time ago I have been in the Philippines and I have seen something strange in the area near Mulao on Cebu island. Near the village there is a section of the river, where there is little water, but there are quite large stones in it, with unusual shapes. On the left side it is shown a picture from Google Maps with pointed the village and the most important stone in the river.
The place is located about 10 km from the coast in a hilly area, which can be seen on the map downloaded from Google Earth (on the left side). The Cotcot river is not too long, as you can see in Google Maps. It seems its length is about 40 km. The river has not big downslopes.
I came to a place called on Google Maps as Ark Stone.
I came to a place called on Google Maps as Ark Stone.
In this area there are a lot of stones with various shapes. It looks like ancient quarry. I suppose, water of this river was not able to move stones of this size, even in the rainy season (I have been there on beginning of rainy season). They could have fallen down from surrounding hills, of course. But why only in this place? The stone shown in the picture on the left side is really big and rather the small river could not bring it here from another place. Probably it had arisen there where it laid, or slipped off a nearby hill. Generally, the river looks like in the picture below.
In the foreground it is a stone that looks like a piece of it was cut off with some tool. The cut-out is shown in the picture on the left side (You can click the photo to enlarge it). It looks like someone in the upper part has stuck or drilled some nails or drills. There are more such interesting stones. In the photo below I present another interesting object that reminds me of a carved face.
The next photo shows a rectangular complement of the stone with other material. It looks like someone drilled a rectangular hole and then concreted it.
Below I am presenting a picture of the most important stone in that area there called Stone Ark. The stone looks like a huge sphere. For presentation its size I placed my picture on the background of this stone as the next photo below.
Below I am presenting a picture of the most important stone in that area there called Stone Ark. The stone looks like a huge sphere. For presentation its size I placed my picture on the background of this stone as the next photo below.
Not only in the river there were interesting things. In the vicinity of the top of one of surroundings hills I have seen an interesting specimen that looked like it was treated with some tools. I am presenting it in the picture below.
Currently, the Philippines is a complex of islands. But in the past it could have been different. According to current research, in the ice age the level of oceans was about 130 m lower than at present, as it is shown in the graph under this link. According to my oryginal hypothesis, the sea level could have decreased not only in the ice age, but also during very warm periods, as I described it in one of the posts in my blog. The seas among the Philippine islands do not belong to the group of the deepest, as it is shown in the picture from Google Earth below.
According to the ICES Journal of Marine Science (2012), 69 (3), 410-420 Visayan sea lying in the center of the Philippines limited by the islands: Mabate, Leyte, Cebu, Negros, Panay is not deeper than 50 m at the most of its area and its the largest depth is 150 m. So, according to contemporary knowledge, during the glaciation these islands formed one land. Probably there were land connections between the other islands. Under such conditions, some civilization could develop in the ice age. People founded settlements over large rivers and lakes. The Cotcot River in its part that I have seen, probably 15,000 years ago looked like today. But in the part where is the Visayan Sea now it could have been a large river and even could be created a lake. In the past human settlements could have been concentrated in area where is the center of the sea now. Currently, the remains of that civilization can be covered with sand or overgrown with coral reefs and nobody supposes that under that layer can be products of human hands thousands of years old.
More photos:
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More photos:
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