Ingá Stone

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The Ingá Stone (Pedra do Ingá in Portuguese) is located in the middle of the Ingá river near the small city of Ingá, 96 km from João Pessoa, in Paraíba State in the northeast of Brazil. The Ingá Stone is also called Itacoatiara do Ingá. The word Itacoatiara means stone in the Tupi language of the natives that lived in that area.[1] It is a rock formation in gneiss which covers an area of approximately 250 m². Altogether primary, a vertical wall 46 meters long by 3.8 meters high, and adjacent areas, there are entries whose meanings are unknown. In this set are carved in low relief, several figures, suggest that the representation of animals, fruits, and human constellations like Orion and Milky Way.

It is composed of some basalt stones covered with symbols and glyphs undeciphered until now.

Most glyphs represent animals, fruits, humans, constellations, and other unrecognizable images.

References

  1. ↑ This work researchs the tourist potential of the Itacoatiara do Ingá (Written Stone of Ingá), 2003, by José dos Santos Martins (in Portuguese)

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