The place where the Cox River in Coetzee empties into the Gulf of Mexico is the legendary hometown of the Omikes. Oil has replaced rubber as the main industry in this region, turning tropical paradise into the lowest hell described by Italian poet Dante. Since the large-scale oil exploitation in 1973, Cox, Coetzee, a peaceful town, has been transformed into a transportation and oil refining center with several air-conditioned hotels and a population of 500,000. Its location is right in the center of the smoky industrial zone. All the historical relics and monuments that escaped the Spanish looting in the past are now swallowed up by the rapidly expanding and greedy oil industry.
The place name "Kuchecox" means "the refuge of the snake god". According to legend, in ancient times, Quezakottel and his disciples landed in Mexico here-they crossed the sea from the other side of the world in a ship with a hull as bright as a snake skin. It was here that Jacota boarded a "snake raft" and set sail, leaving Central America. The "Snake God's Shelter" is more and more like the name of Omk's hometown-it covers several towns and villages outside the city of Cox, which have not been invaded by industry.
At first, numerous typical Omek sculptures were unearthed in Kukes, Porter, Trisa, west of Kuche, and then in Sanlorenzo and Ravenda, south and east. These cultural relics are carved from a whole piece of basalt or other durable stones. Some are carved with huge heads, weighing 30 tons; Others are huge stone tablets engraved with the encounter of two different races-neither of them are American Indians. The craftsmen who make these outstanding works of art must belong to a sophisticated, highly organized, prosperous and technologically advanced civilization. The problem faced by scholars is that this civilization has left nothing but works of art for future generations to explore its roots and essence. The only thing that is certain is that Olmec (generally accepted by archaeologists as the name of this nation by Aztecs) suddenly appeared in Central America around 1500 BC, with a fully developed and highly refined culture.
The colonial city established by the Spanish is called Santiago Tustra. The whole town is full of colorful shops, brilliant red roofs, bright yellow straw hats, green coconut trees and banana trees, and children wearing colorful clothes. Several shops and cafes broadcast loud music to the whole city through loudspeakers. In Zuokaluo Square in the city center, the air is very humid and sultry; Flocks of tropical birds with big bright eyes kept flapping their wings and singing. There is a small park with sparse branches and leaves in the center of the square. In the center of the park, like a charm, stands a huge gray pebble, about 3 meters high, carved with the head of an African wearing an iron helmet. His lips are thick, his nostrils are majestic, his eyes are closed peacefully, his chin is close to the ground, and his whole head exudes a gloomy and heavy atmosphere.
This is the first mystery left by Olmecs: a huge statue made more than 2000 years ago, depicting a warrior with obvious black characteristics. Of course, there were no African blacks in the United States more than 2,000 years ago. It was not until white people conquered America that black people were taken to be slaves. However, the human fossils discovered by archaeologists show that one of the many races that moved to America during the last ice age was African-American.
The huge statue of Zocalo Square was named "Kobada" because it was unearthed in Kobada Manor. Up to now, there are 16 such Omek statues excavated in all parts of Mexico, and the statue in Socarlo Square is the largest one. Experts believe that it was carved shortly before the birth of Jesus Christ and weighed more than 30 tons.
Starting from the town of San Diego Tustra, drive 25 kilometers southwest, and cross the verdant Yuan Ye, and you will find Teresa Porter. This ancient city rose from 500 BC to AD 100, and was a center of the late Omk culture. Today, there are only a few mounds left in the original site, scattered in the corn fields. From 1939 to 1940, American archaeologist Matthew Sterling started a large-scale excavation here.
Orthodox historians insist that Maya culture is the oldest civilization in Central America. They say that they can guarantee that this view is absolutely correct, because the calendars marked by dots and horizontal lines by the Mayans (which have only been cracked recently) enable them to accurately determine the dates when a large number of inscriptions were made. According to this appraisal, the earliest inscription unearthed in Mayan cultural sites should be in 228 AD. Therefore, when Stalin excavated a stone tablet with an earlier date in the ancient city of Porter, Trisa, the whole academic community was shocked. The date recorded on the stone tablet with Mayan dotted line code is September 3, 32 BC, which is converted into western calendar.
The most shocking thing is that the ancient city of Bote in Trisa is not a Mayan cultural site at all. It belongs entirely to Olmec culture-there is no doubt about it. The stone tablet discovered by Stalin proves that it was the Omekers who created the calendar, not the Mayans, and the Omeker culture is the real "mother culture" of Central America. Orthodox academic circles, respecting Maya, deliberately suppressed Sterling's great discovery in the ancient city of Bote, Trisa, but the truth will not be banned forever. Omek culture is indeed much older than Mayan culture. Omk people are a smart, civilized and technologically advanced people. They invented a calendar with dotted symbols to mark dates, starting from a mysterious date-3 BC114 BC1August of 3 years.
Next to the calendar stone tablet, Sterling also excavated a huge head. It was made around 100 BC. The height is about 1.8m, the circumference is 5.4m, and the weight exceeds 10t. Like the statue of Santiago Tustra, it shows the head of an African man-wearing a tight helmet and a long chin strap, with sharp ears, deep grooves on both sides of his nose, plump lips and two big eyes open coldly, just like the eyes of two animals. Under that weird helmet, two thick eyebrows were raised high, revealing a face of anger.
Sterling was surprised when the statue was dug up. He said: this is a human head, carved from huge basalt, standing on a base made of rough slate ... After removing the surrounding soil, it immediately showed a daunting spirit. Despite his huge size, the sculptor is very meticulous and precise, and his facial features are symmetrical and perfect. Different from ordinary native American sculpture, it uses realistic sculpture. The lines of facial features are concise and powerful, showing the unique characteristics of blacks. ...
Soon after, the American archaeologist excavated an amazing antique in the ancient city of Bote, Trisa: a dog on wheels. This is obviously a child's toy at that time. These small and lovely handicrafts subvert a common concept in archaeology-archaeologists generally believe that Central American natives did not know how to use wheels until the Spanish invaded. Sterling's discovery of the "dog cart" at least proves that the Olmecs, who represent the oldest civilization in Central America, understand the "principle" of the wheel. Omk people are very smart. Now that they understand the principle of wheels, they will naturally apply them to other objects besides children's toys.
Sanlorenzo, located in the southwest of Coetzee, is located in the center of the "Snake God Refuge", a cultural relic of Omek. This place is often mentioned in the myths and legends of Quezakotel. The oldest Olmec site measured by archaeologists using carbon 14 identification method is located in Sanlorenzo area. According to the appraisal, the history of this relic can be traced back to around 1500 BC. However, before that period, Omk people seemed to have matured, and there was no indication that the development of Omk culture was carried out in Sanlorenzo.
There must be a mystery in this. After all, the Olmecs once built a splendid civilization. Carry out large-scale engineering plans. They developed superb skills to carve and handle huge stones (some of their heads were carved with a whole boulder, weighing more than 20 tons; Stones are mined in Tustra Mountain and transported along a 96-kilometer-long mountain road. If not in Sanlorenzo, where did the advanced scientific and technological knowledge and high organizational ability of Europeans and Americans originate, evolve and mature?
Incredibly, despite repeated efforts by archaeologists, in Mexico, or even in the whole America, they have never found any signs or evidence that the Omaek culture once had a "development stage". This nation, which is best at carving huge blackheads, seems to have jumped out of a stone and suddenly appeared in Mexico.
In Sanlorenzo, the Omks built a rockery more than 30 meters high as part of a larger building (600 meters long and1200m wide). Standing on the top of the mountain, overlooking the endless fields around, you can see many relatively small mounds scattered on the Yuan Ye. There are several deep ditches nearby, which were excavated by archaeologist Michael Coy when exploring this site in 1966.
Antiquities discovered by the Koy archaeological team, including more than 20 water tanks; These artificial reservoirs are made of dense cobweb grooves made of basalt in series to form a sophisticated and complex system, some of which are built along the ridge. Coy found that every time it rains heavily, these sluices still spew water, just like it did more than 3000 years ago. The main pipe of drainage equipment extends from east to west. Three branch lines are injected into the main line, and the design is very advanced. After careful investigation, archaeologists all admit that they don't understand the purpose of this exquisite and complicated sluice system.
Archaeologists are puzzled by another mystery in the ancient monuments here: five huge head statues showing the characteristics of black facial features-what archaeologists call "Omek's head" today-were deliberately buried underground and arranged in a unique form. In these strange religious tombs, archaeologists also found many precious cultural relics, including exquisite jade and figurines. Before burial, some figurines were deliberately cut off.
The burial method of ancient Lorenzo statues makes it difficult for us to accurately determine their ages-although archaeologists have also found some charcoal scraps in the same stratum. Different from carving, charcoal scraps can be dated by carbon 14 identification method. According to the test results, experts believe that these charcoal chips are products around BC 1200. However, this does not mean that the statues in the tomb must have been made in BC 1200. Of course it is possible, but it may also be an early work. Perhaps, before being buried in Sanlorenzo, these sculptures with artistic beauty and mysterious religious power have been preserved and worshipped by many ethnic groups. The charcoal scraps buried with them can only prove that these statues exist in 1200 BC; As for their age, it depends on the unremitting exploration of archaeologists.