Giant marbles
Scattered across the land in Costa Rica are 300 mysterious stone spheres made of gabbro (a type of basalt), limestone and sandstone. They are almost perfectly round and range in size from a few centimetres to over 2 metres and weighing up to 15 tons.
The stone balls as they are called by the natives are thought to have been made by the, now extinct, pre-Columbian Disquis culture. The spheres are an important part of Costa Rica’s culture and the country’s national symbol. But so much about them remains a mystery…
Some believe they are natural and some think they are man made.
Some believe they came from the mythical island of Atlantis.
There is a legend that the native inhabitants used potion to soften the rock so they could be shaped.
The indigenous Bribri people call the stones “Tara’s cannon balls” and that Tara, the god of thunder, used a giant blowpipe to shoot the balls at the Serkes, gods of winds and hurricanes, in order to drive them out of Costa Rican lands.
Could the spheres have been celestial calendars used to observe and mark celestial events or were they part of religious ceremonies. Some felt the spheres had hidden chambers that concealed ancient scrolls, maps, or messages for future generations.
Perhaps they are something else altogether. Something that we have not yet considered. Like pieces of a game played by giants?
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https://www.360onhistory.com/archaeology/ancient-stone-spheres-costa-rica/