The Peterborough Petroglyphs

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The Peterborough Petroglyphs are a remarkable collection of over 900 ancient images carved into crystalline limestone located near Peterborough, Ontario.
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History
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After being lost for centuries, the Peterborough Petroglyphs was rediscovered by historian Charles Kingam in 1924.
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The limestone at Peterborough is generally believed to have been carved by the Algonquin people between 900 and 1400 AD. Today, the First Nations people of Ontario call the carvings Kinomagewapkong, meaning "the rocks that teach."
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However, there are several other theories of the date and authors of the remarkable petroglyphs:
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~ Retired Harvard professor Barry Fell believes the petroglyphs are inscriptions by a Norse king named Woden-lithi (Servant of Odin), who was said to have sailed from Norway up the St. Lawrence River in about 1700 BC.
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~ Mayanologist David H. Kelley viewed the petroglyphs and declared that some of the symbols were European, dating perhaps to ca. 1000 BC.
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~ According to Andis Kaulins and Megaliths.co.uk, the petroglyphs are a sky map of the heavens from c.3117 BC based on European tradition; they have nothing to do with Native American traditions.
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The area surrounding the petroglyphs was established as Petroglyphs Provincial Park in 1976.
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What to See
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The Peterborough Petroglyphs consist of more than 900 individual images, which are carved into a slab of crystalline limestone 180 feet (55 m) long and 100 feet (30 m) wide. About 300 of these are discipherable shapes, including humans, shamans, animals, solar symbols, geometric shapes and boats.
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The boat drawings among the petroglyphs do not resemble the traditional boat of the Native Americans. One solar boat - a stylized shaman vessel with a long mast surmounted by the sun - is typical of petroglyphs found in northern Russia and Scandanavia.
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A fissure in the rock is thought to have been revered as the entrance to the underworld or the symbolic womb of the Earth Mother. -
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Source: 'Sacred Destinations' - An illustrated guide to the world's sacred sites, religious architecture and historic holy places
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