Bizarre

According to biblical history, our ancestors spoke one common language understood by everyone. This universal comprehension was revoked, however when humanity tried to build its way to heaven with the Tower of Babel. As punishment, the language became obscured and a multitude of languages subsequently arose. And whether you place any veracity in biblical lore, there is now evidence pointing to a common language spoken by our early ancestors originating in Africa that correlates with migration patterns.

A recent study looked at the evolution of words, specifically across Eurasia, finding a pattern with familial words like brother and father that allowed them to predict how our ancient ancestors would have pronounced these words and 21 others, some 15,000 years ago. The words and sounds of disparate languages were studied from a catalog compiled through the appropriately named, Tower of Babel project.

The Georgia Guidestones, AKA the “American Stonehenge,” are a massive granite structure in far eastern Georgia near the South Carolina border. No one knows who paid for the construction of the Georgia Guidestones, nor what exactly is meant by the strange messages engraved on them. 

The Georgia Guidestones are almost twice as tall as Stonehenge. Nearly a quarter-million pounds of granite was used to make them. The stones have 10 messages inscribed on them. They read:

• MAINTAIN HUMANITY UNDER 500,000,000 IN PERPETUAL BALANCE WITH NATURE

• GUIDE REPRODUCTION WISELY – IMPROVING FITNESS AND DIVERSITY

• UNITE HUMANITY WITH A LIVING NEW LANGUAGE

• RULE PASSION – FAITH – TRADITION – AND ALL THINGS WITH TEMPERED REASON

• PROTECT PEOPLE AND NATIONS WITH FAIR LAWS AND JUST COURTS

• LET ALL NATIONS RULE INTERNALLY RESOLVING EXTERNAL DISPUTES IN A WORLD COURT

• AVOID PETTY LAWS AND USELESS OFFICIALS

• BALANCE PERSONAL RIGHTS WITH SOCIAL DUTIES

• PRIZE TRUTH – BEAUTY – LOVE- SEEKING HARMONY WITH THE INFINITE

• BE NOT A CANCER ON THE EARTH – LEAVE ROOM FOR NATURE – LEAVE ROOM FOR NATURE

These ten “messages” are written on the Guidestones in eight different languages. Those languages are English, Swahili, Russian, Spanish, Sanskrit, Hebrew, Arabic, and Chinese. No one knows who paid for their construction. As the story goes, an elegant, well-spoken, well-dressed, and grey-haired man who identified himself only as “R. C. Christian” appeared at a granite company in nearby Elberton, GA one day requesting a quote on the project. Figuring he was some “nut,” the granite specialist purposely claimed a ridiculous price, figuring Mr. “Christian” would balk. Instead, Mr. Christian agreed to the price.