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Itacoatiara

The Inga Stone: Brazil’s 6,000-Year-Old Message Nobody Can Read

November 9, 2026November 9, 2026 by Tommy Hayes
Close-up of the carved petroglyphs on the Ingá Stone in Paraíba, Brazil — spirals, dots and wavy lines pecked into the dark rock

About 3 min readIn a river valley in north-eastern Brazil stands a 46-metre wall of gneiss covered in hundreds of carved symbols — spirals, circles, dots, and figures no one has ever deciphered. Nobody knows who made them, when, or what they mean.

Categories Ancient Enigmas Tags Brazil, Inga Stone, Itacoatiara, Partially explained, petroglyphs, rock art Leave a comment

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