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Ica stones

The Ica Stones: Dinosaurs, Brain Surgery — and a Farmer with a Dental Drill

November 8, 2026November 7, 2026 by Tommy Hayes
A dark engraved Ica stone depicting dinosaurs, photographed in a museum display

About 4 min readThousands of engraved stones from Peru seemed to show humans hunting dinosaurs and performing brain surgery. The men who sold them eventually admitted they carved the stones themselves, copying dinosaurs from comic books.

Categories Explained at Last Tags archaeological hoax, Basilio Uchuya, Explained, Ica stones, Javier Cabrera, Peru Leave a comment

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