Carved stone still mystifies scholars

[rack'm]

CONCORD, New Hampshire (AP) -- In 1872, so the story goes, workers digging a hole for a fence post near Lake Winnipesaukee in the central part of this New England state found a lump of clay that seemed out of place.

There was something inside -- a dark, odd-looking, egg-shaped stone with a variety of carvings, including a face, teepee, ear of corn and starlike circles.

And there were many questions: Who made the stone and why? How old was it? How was it carved?

To date, no one has been able to say for sure, and the item has come to be known as the "Mystery Stone." Seneca Ladd, a local businessman who hired the workers, was credited with the discovery.

"As Mr. Ladd is quite a naturalist, and has already an extensive private collection of relics and specimens, he was delighted with the new discovery, and exhibited and explained the really remarkable relic with an enthusiasm which only the genuine student can feel," an article in The American Naturalist said that November.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/science/07/19/mystery.stone.ap/index.html

 

[FromTexas]

Excellent topic of discussion: Have you ever pulled anything out of a hole that no one has been able to identify?

 

[mAlice]

First Faberge' egg? :shrug:

 

[Dutch6]

Excellent topic of discussion: Have you ever pulled anything out of a hole that no one has been able to identify?

Yes and she still pee's from it.

 

[greyhound]

CONCORD, New Hampshire (AP) -- In 1872, so the story goes, workers digging a hole for a fence post near Lake Winnipesaukee in the central part of this New England state found a lump of clay that seemed out of place.

Hummm...took a long time for this story to make the news...1872?

 

[wmburdette]

Hummm...took a long time for this story to make the news...1872?

It was from CNN ...Washington Post will probably pick up the story next week.

 

[SamSpade]

Excellent topic of discussion: Have you ever pulled anything out of a hole that no one has been able to identify?

Once, when my pup was constipated. He had a nasty one pokin' daylight, but couldn't muster the energy to get it out. After he started to whine, I helped him out.

I think he chewed up a stick or something. He yelped when it came out.

 

[unixpirate]

Yes and she still pee's from it.

Remember where we are "News and Current Events"

Can you say public viewing

 

[FromTexas]

Once, when my pup was constipated. He had a nasty one pokin' daylight, but couldn't muster the energy to get it out. After he started to whine, I helped him out.

I think he chewed up a stick or something. He yelped when it came out.

 

[jazz lady]

CONCORD, New Hampshire (AP) -- In 1872, so the story goes, workers digging a hole for a fence post near Lake Winnipesaukee in the central part of this New England state found a lump of clay that seemed out of place.

There was something inside -- a dark, odd-looking, egg-shaped stone with a variety of carvings, including a face, teepee, ear of corn and starlike circles.

And there were many questions: Who made the stone and why? How old was it? How was it carved?

To date, no one has been able to say for sure, and the item has come to be known as the "Mystery Stone." Seneca Ladd, a local businessman who hired the workers, was credited with the discovery.

"As Mr. Ladd is quite a naturalist, and has already an extensive private collection of relics and specimens, he was delighted with the new discovery, and exhibited and explained the really remarkable relic with an enthusiasm which only the genuine student can feel," an article in The American Naturalist said that November.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/science/07/19/mystery.stone.ap/index.html

Very interesting. They seem to have some interesting finds up in New Hampshire. When I was up there last summer, sis and I visited a place called America's Stonehenge, purportedly the oldest man-made construction in the USA and said to be over 4,000 years old. It was absolutely fascinating.