Terraces and steps: perspectives of the south face of the main monument, Yonaguni.

Terraces and steps: prehistoric rock-hewn structures at Sacsayhuaman and nearby Qenko in the high Andes mountains of Peru

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Turtle figure carved into the top of the eastern side of the main monument.

Two views of the "Basin", a pool-like structure near the apex of the main monument. It features a right-angled internal corner, sheltered by surrounding elevations.

Graham Hancock diving in the "Basin" at Yonaguni.

View of the internal right-angle of the Basin. It is difficult to see how such a feature in such a protected setting could have been produced solely by natural forces such as waves or tidal action

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A series of three vertical holes run in alignment along the Basin's straight edge. Some geologists have described them as pot-holes, which they may well be. However their direct and immediate association with another curious feature - the Basin itself - should force us to consider other possibilities as well.

Megalithic entrance tunnel leading to parallel megaliths

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Curious feature, close to parallel megaliths, with an apparent curving sloped stone path flanked by parallel curving walls

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Parallel megaliths with diver for scale.

Parallel megalithic blocks oriented east to west and lying at the north-west corner of the main monument

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Second area of terracing half a kilometer south of the main monument. Found at the base of a sheltered east-west defile and at a depth of 27 meters, it could not have been subjected to the "wave and tidal forces" that some geologists believe were responsible for the Yonaguni anomalies.

Two-ton megalith surmounting a carved platform 300 meters to the east of the main monument

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Megalithic carved stone head, La Venta, Gulf of Mexico.

Now submerged beneath 18 metres of ocean could this underwater apparition off Yonaguni be a much eroded megalithic carved head left behind by some lost antediluvian culture? Or is it just another one of the apparently limitless "freaks of nature" that geologists wish to persuade us have somehow managed to accumulate around one tiny island in the extreme south-west of Japan? The "Face", as it is known to local divers, and the "Stone Stage" of which it is an integral part, are located off the south coast of Yonaguni 2 kilometers to the east of the main monument.

The Face and Stone Stage in their surroundings

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The right eye of the Face with diver for scale. The Face looks due south.

Rock-hewn avenue beside the Stone Stage

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Rock-hewn rectlinear structure and megalithic 'paving' close to the Stage

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This wider view shows the Face and the Stage to be set amongst a complex of rectilinear structures

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