MessageToEagle.com - A tiny artifact depicting a human figure was
found in 1889, when workers were drilling water well near Nampa, in southwest
Idaho.
The artifact skillfully formed in clay, is a true
mystery that has baffled scientists for many years.
"The record of the well shows that… they had
penetrated first about fifty feet of soil, then about fifteen feet of basalt,
and afterwards passed through alternate beds of clay and quicksand…down to a
depth of about three hundred feet when the sand pump began to bring up numerous
clay balls, some of them more than two inches in diameter, densely coated with
iron oxide," geologist of Boston Society of Natural History, George
Frederick Wright (1838-1921) reported in his book "Origin and Antiquity of
Man" (1912).
Figurine from a well at Nampa, Idaho. The strata at
this depth is dated at about 2 million years old(Penny shows scale)
"There is no ground to question the fact that this image came up in the sand pump from the depth reported."
When the workers reached a layer of clay over 300 feet
down in the well boring, their steam pump suddenly spat out a piece of brownish
clay formed into a small figurine.
"The
object is about an inch and a half long, and remarkable forthe perfection with
which it represents the human form." He added, "It was a female
figure, and had the lifelike lineaments in the parts which were finished that
would do credit to the classic centers of art," Wright wrote.
Professor F.W. Putnam of Harvard University, found
through microscopic analysis that quartz grains under the doll's right arm had
been cemented by iron molecules.
This too indicates a great age of the artifact and is
reason to believe it is not of recent manufacture. It was deeply colored with
the iron oxides characteristic of the deposits from the 300-foot level (91
meters). The strata at this depth is dated at about 2 million years old.
Who formed this mostly unusual figurine if not Homo
sapiens?
"Other than Homo sapiens sapiens, no
hominid is known to have fashioned workds of art like the Nampa figurine,"
writes Michael Cremo in his famous book " The
Hidden History of the Human Race".
Various views of the Nampa Image - Idaho State Historical
Society. (Penny shows scale). Used with permission of ISHS.
"The evidence therefore suggests that humans of the modern type were living in America at the Plio-Pleistocene age which dates about 2 million years ago.
"According to current Darwinian
theories of evolution,
figurines like the Idaho image are made only by humans of the modern type, who
came into existence only about 200,000 years ago," Cremo writes. The
oldest statues of human figures of a degree of artistry similar to that of the
Nampa image only go back to the Late Paleolithic period of Europe, about 20,000
or 30,000 years."
"According to the ancient Sanskrit writings of India, however, humans have
been present since the beginning of life on earth. There are figures of gods
and goddesses in Indian temples that, according to traditional sources, are as
old as the Nampa image and older."
Many scientists investigated this extremely
controversial figurine and conducted diverse tests shortly after the discovery.
They agreed that the figurine is authentic and of very ancient origins.
Figurine from a well at Nampa, Idaho. The artifact is
of the Plio-Pleistocene age
"One expert, Professor Albert A. Wright of Oberlin College, it was not the product of a small child or amateur, but was made by a true artist. Though badly battered by time, the doll's appearance is still distinct: it has a bulbous head, with barely discernible mouth and eyes; broad shoulders; short, thick arms; and long legs, the right leg broken off.
There are also faint geometric markings on the figure,
which represent either clothing patterns or jewelry -they are found mostly on
the chest around the neck, and on the arms and writs. The doll is the image of
a person of a high civilization, artistically attired." (J.R. Jochmans,
Litt.D., 1979)
According to Cremo, the Nampa figurine strongly
challenges the evolutionary scenario. Indeed, it does.
Nampa artifact is on exhibit at the Idaho State
Historical Society in Boise.
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