LATEST BOOK BY CHRISTOPHER NYERGES
ANCIENT WRITINGS ON ROCK
Providing evidence for pre-Columbian
European visitors to California
On Halloween Day, 2001, naturalist Christopher Nyerges was
leading an excursion in the Angeles National Forest when he accidentally
discovered an engraved rock. He
recognized the markings on the rock as a form of rock writing – ogam – that had
died out in Europe by the 5th century. Intrigued by the possibility that the engraving was an authentic
piece of evidence that travelers from afar had been to Southern California
hundreds of years ago, Nyerges researched the rock for the next several years,
soliciting the assistance of geologists, archaeologists, linguists,
epigraphers, various academics, and local Indians.
By 2008, another rock inscribed with what appeared to be
ogam was discovered at the same site, as well as numerous other rock features
that are stereotypical of western European’s many ancient ceremonial sites,
things such as dolmens, “sacrificial” rocks, standing stones, and more.
Nyerges shares his painstaking research, step by step,
with the reader, including those who support the site as evidence of the
presence of ancient Europeans, as well as the commentary of those who believe
Nyerges had a vivid imagination. It is left for the reader to decide.
The first large inscribed boulder was tentatively
transliterated by Nyerges to read “Bel, Memory, Young Hero, son of, mother,
buried, stone,” which would be translated as “To Bel (the god of that era), in
the memory of the young hero, son of the mother, laid to rest with this
stone.” If Nyerges’ interpretation is
correct, it suggests that a prominent figure died in the Angeles National
Forest, and surviving members of the party inscribed the stone. The second inscribed stone is more
straight-forward, reading B-EA-N-EA in ogam, which readily translates as
“Byanu,” one of the chief goddesses of the European pre-Christian religion of
2000+ years ago.
To his credit, Nyerges presents both sides of the issue in
his fully-illustrated book.
The book, “Ancient Writings on Rock,” is available from
Kindle, or as a pdf download at the Store at www.SchoolofSelf-Reliance.com.
Nyerges is available for interview, and copies of the
book may be requested by scholars in related fields.
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