Introduction
This blog was originally conceived and created to facilitate discussions about a reported underwater archaeological site, known as MEGA. If confirmed, that site alone would rewrite the history of human civilizations but new evidence now indicates that an ancient maritime culture may have flourished throughout the Caribbean and that MEGA is, at best, only a small part of the story.
The focus of this blog has been expanded to include the entire Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean basins, along with the islands of the Bahamas and the Lesser Antilles – an area I call MegaAmerica.
The Original MEGA
Click to see MEGA's location
In the summer of 2000, a team of researchers led by Paulina Zelitsky and Paul Weinzweig discovered what appeared to be the submerged ruins of an ancient city (the "lost city of Cuba") covering more than seven square miles. The site, known as MEGA, lies just a few miles off the western tip of Cuba (click the image above to view the approximate location) and is now more than 2,100 feet below the surface. Some experts believe the city might have been built on a land bridge that once connected Cuba to Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula and that this narrow strip of land collapsed due to a huge earthquake.
Some of the structures are reported to be more than 1,312 feet (400 meters) long by 131 feet (40 meters) wide and made from giant blocks of granite weighing several tons each. Other structures appear to be pyramids similar to those built by the mysterious Olmec civilization of Veracruz, Mexico. Still other structures are stone monoliths bearing symbols and inscriptions of unknown origin. Dr. Manuel Iturralde-Vincent, a Cuban geologist who has studied side-scan sonar images of the structures, describes them as "megalithic elements protruding from the sea floor, with a very peculiar aspect and geometric shapes."
If all of this comes as a complete surprise to you, don’t feel alone. Aside from an initial article carried by the Reuters news agency in May of 2001, the story of this remarkable discovery has been largely untold.
Recent Research
Some of the most interesting research in MegaAmerica is being done by Drs. Greg and Lora Little (of A.R.E.), William M. (Bill) Donato (of the A.P.E.X. Institute) and others who are actively working in the waters around the Bimini and Andros Islands in the Bahamas. With each expedition, it becomes more obvious that sites such as Bimini Road, Proctor’s Road and the Andros Platform are not “naturally occurring beach rock” but are, in fact, the remnants of an ancient maritime culture that has yet to be acknowledged by main-stream archaeology. The first verifiable, hard evidence may be brought to the surface later this year (see “Breaking News” below) and it will change the history of the “New World” in a very dramatic way!
In the blog entries that follow, I’ll try to keep you up to date with the latest news from those who are involved in this important research. I invite you to join the blog and share your own thoughts as comments to the blog entries. Membership is free, it only takes a minute to join and you don’t have to provide any personal information. Several of the entries below are the direct result of email tips from readers and if you’d prefer to contact me privately, I can be reached at rja@TheMegaBlog.com. I will never use your full name or disclose your email address to anyone without your permission.
Please note that there are many more blog entries than just the 5 that appear below! Click Blogs on the silver bar at the top of this page for the complete list.