Stone Ball Mystery: Historic Carvings

You have heard of Stonehenge, and of the Pyramids. They are marvels and mysteries left to us to ponder by people who lived so long before us. We wonder over them, their size, their purpose. How were they made? How did they come to exist, with so few, not to mention primitive resources available to those who would have built them?

I offer up for your consideration a similar mystery from the past, the stone balls of Costa Rica. Ever since the 1930's, there have been reports of the stone balls. Some are small, and some are huge, weighing as much as 16 tons!

There are hundreds of these balls scattered through out the land. Some of which have obviously since been moved, used as lawn decorations by people who live near them, others seem to be left in their original location.

One possible quarry these balls may have come from is over 50 miles away from their final resting place!

Obviously, these balls serve a purpose in order for such a massive undertaking to be put into motion!

Since they do not serve a discernable 'purpose,' it is believed that they were placed not randomly, but carefully. Perhaps for religious or astronomical reasons.

They are not naturally shaped round balls, these are man made balls. Perfect spheres, unlike the ones discovered in Jalisco, Mexico discovered in 1965

Some of these magnificent balls were destroyed by natives, who believed that they may contain gold inside. However, even though many of these balls were blown up, no gold was ever discovered.

One theory of who they were formed is that because they are mostly made up from grandiosity ,which is known to 'flake' out in layers with temperature changes, the chinked away at mostly round boulders. Perhaps even using coals and cold water to sped this process along. No one theory has been proved however, just a likely possibility.

These balls are believed to have been made from somewhere between ca. 200 BC to AD 1000. A very large time window, but narrowed down due to certain pottery characteristics.

Most of these balls were found to be in particular shapes, with one group being set up in a line for the magnetic north. Others are found on mounds, which would suggest that were kept in houses, which would mean it'd be difficult to have used them for observation (world-mysteries).

Due to most of these balls being now destroyed, or moved, it's hard to say and guess today exactly what they were used for. The most detailed reports we have about these balls date from the 1950's, so it's hard to guess as to their accuracy.

A nice account of early exploration of these balls can be found at (naturalhistorymag).

These balls where ever they came from, or whatever purpose they served are just one of the many mysteries our world is shrouded in.