The Petroglyphs of Mu: Pohnpei, Nan Madol, and the Legacy of Lemuria

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Shows how the archetypal symbols of the Pohnpaid petroglyphs have exact counterparts in other ancient cultures throughout the world

Provides evidence that Pohnpaid is closely related to--yet predates--neighboring Nan Madol

Includes hundreds of Pohnpaid petroglyphs and stone circle photos, many never before seen

While residing on the small Pacific island of Pohnpei in the 1990s, Carole Nervig discovered that a recent brush fire had exposed hundreds of previously unknown petroglyphs carved on gigantic boulders. This portion of the megalithic site called Pohnpaid was unknown even to Pohnpeis state historic preservation officer. The petroglyphs were unlike others from Oceania, so Nervig began investigating and comparing them with petroglyphs and symbols from around the world.

In this fully illustrated exploration, Nervig documents her discoveries on Pohnpei, revealing how the archetypal symbols of the Pohnpaid petroglyphs have exact counterparts in other ancient cultures and universal motifs throughout the world, including the Australian Aborigines, the Inca in Peru, the Vedic civilization of India, early Norse runes, and Japanese symbols. She provides evidence that Pohnpaid is closely related to--yet predates--neighboring Nan Madol and shows how Pohnpaid was an outpost of the sunken Kahnihmueiso, a city of the now-vanished civilization of Mu, or Lemuria.

Discussing the archaeoastronomical function of the Pohnpaid stones, the author examines how many of the glyphs symbolize celestial phenomena and clearly reveal how their creators were sky watchers with a sophisticated understanding of astronomy, geophysics, geomancy, and engineering. She shows how the scientific concepts depicted in the petroglyphs reveal how the citizens of Mu had a much deeper understanding of the living Earth than we do, which gave them the ability to manipulate natural forces both physically and energetically. Combining archaeological evidence with traditional oral accounts, Nervig reveals Pohnpaid not only as a part of a geodetic network of ancient sacred sites and portals but also as a remnant of the now submerged but once enlightened Motherland of Mu.

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One site stands out as greatly significant in our understanding of the emergence of civilization in the Pacific. That place is the enigmatic site of Nan Madol on the eastern shores of the island of Pohnpei in Micronesia. Carole Nervig not only throws new light on this mysterious place but finds its precursor in Pohnpaid, adding considerable knowledge to what we know about this much understudied part of the ancient world. * Andrew Collins, author of Gbekli Tepe *
In her beautifully illustrated new book, The Petroglyphs of Mu, Carole Nervig provides a vivid, firsthand account of little-known sites and traditions from the Pacific island of Pohnpei that may hold the key to unraveling the mystery of Nan Madol and its unique megalithic architecture; all of this against the background of prehistoric transoceanic journeys and the possibility of a lost Pacific culture of the last ice age. * Marco Vigato, author of The Empires of Atlantis *

Author Bio

Carole Nervig has spent more than four decades researching Micronesian traditional culture and oral history as well as the sacred sites of Micronesia and Hawaii. She first moved to Micronesia as a Peace Corps volunteer in 1969. In the 1990s she discovered a previously unknown megalithic portion of the Pohnpaid petroglyph site on the Micronesian island of Pohnpei. Creator of the Nan Madol Foundation, she now lives in Ecuador.