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Metal library of the Atlanteans (10 photos). The Atlantean Library is discovered in the underground tunnels. Ancient civilizations of Juan Moritz and his discoveries

For thousands of years, people have been trying to find answers to the same questions: why were they born? Who or what created the universe? Who or what placed the stars in space? Who or what gives "commands" and "amuses", throwing stars at each other, causing supernovae to explode, allowing entire galaxies to disappear and appear? Who or what "breathed" life into inanimate matter? Despite the great many theories, the whole truth of the universe is still shrouded in darkness ...
Are experts studying prehistoric times really looking for the truth without false fear and any prejudice? After all, no one saws the branch on which he sits. Isn't the church - whatever it may be - that faith in the Creator will turn into accurate knowledge of how the world was created? Will she not stand in opposition to the discoveries that such a coup can make?

Isn't it scary to suddenly abandon generally accepted ideas and state that the entire history of our ancestors, in which we so believed, is just fiction?

In his book “Gold of the Gods. Aliens among us ”journalist Erich von Daniken develops his own hypothesis of the origin of man and human civilization. Daniken is convinced that man owes his appearance on Earth to humanoid astronauts from distant planets, who flew to Earth in prehistoric times and left many traces of their stay here.

Absurd, you say? What if he's right ?!

A giant network of galleries runs deep underground across the South American continent, a real maze thousands of kilometers long! The first who opened the veil of secrets of many kilometers of tunnels was the Argentine ethnologist Juan Moritz. The effectiveness of Moritz's research was largely aided by a group of Peruvian Indians who played the role of translators and intermediaries between their malevolent fellow tribesmen and the scientist. So one day Juan accidentally stumbled upon the entrance to the underground galleries. For a long time, as befits a scientist, Moritz remained silent. And only three years later, in 1968, having collected a significant collection of amazing items, he decided to inform the President of Ecuador Velasco Ibarra about it.

Moritz discovered metal plates engraved with the historical prophecies of a lost civilization. Nobody knew about its existence, since until now no traces of it have been found. Plates and other objects have been found in numerous and varied galleries. Apparently, this is a real metal library, in which the history of mankind. And this library with the prophecies of a lost civilization can illuminate the history of mankind in a new way.

The entrance to the labyrinth is strictly guarded by inhospitable Indians. A huge portal-like opening has been cut through the rock. Undoubtedly, we are not talking about natural formations: underground corridors roll up strictly at right angles, they are sometimes wide, sometimes narrow, but the walls are smooth everywhere, as if polished. The ceilings are perfectly flat and lacquered. All this would resemble a bomb shelter if it were not at a depth of 240 meters.

Province of Morona Santiago. Entrance to the maze, strictly
guarded by the Indians, is located within the triangle between
cities of Gualakiz - San Antonio - Yaupi

Hey archaeologists! Do not explain how these galleries were cut with primitive stone tools!

If the creators of this library had such technical means that they were able to cut out such a huge number of sheets of metal “to measure”, then it is quite obvious: they used graphic signs in order to leave a message that they considered important to future generations. It remains only to find out whether our civilization is capable of penetrating the secrets of the distant past? And did the disappeared civilization want its secrets to be deciphered? We must not forget that there is always a risk of bringing into the light of God the truth that can turn the dubious order of things that we see around us upside down.


Official archeology attributes these drawings, made by con-
structures of reduced models to "religious decorations"

Currently, access to these treasures, hidden deep underground and telling about a person's past, is extremely limited. The Indians are very jealous of their secrets and always look with suspicion at strangers that are spinning near the entrance to the labyrinth, of which they are the vigilant guardians.

The labyrinth watchmen even today make figurines of “people with long noses” (gas masks?) From wood and, as Moritz was convinced, discuss among themselves the incredible feats of “flying creatures” that sometimes descended from the sky. For nothing in the world, the Indians will not dare to accompany you through the catacombs. They believe that the dungeons are inhabited by spirits.

In the maze, Daniken personally saw a scaled-down model of an airplane! Archaeologists classified it as a religious adornment. So much the worse for them. Aeronautical experts consider this to be a scaled-down model of the aircraft, as confirmed by Dr. Arthur Poisley of the Institute of Aeronautics in New York:

- It is difficult to imagine a bird with absolutely straight wings, equipped, moreover, with vertical stabilization ailerons! Most likely, this is nothing more than a scaled-down model of the Inca plane.

These are two mythological figures from prehistoric
times of Australia, called “two divine
creatures ”; they are wearing overalls with straps, on
their hats in the form of a star, like a star
deities of the Incas.

These tunnels existed for millennia before the rise of the Inca empire. Think how the Incas managed to dig hundreds of kilometers of underground tunnels, just remember how many controversies and opinions the project of laying a tunnel under the English Channel caused! But our technical means cannot be compared with the means of the Incas! The supreme rulers of the Incas probably knew about the underground tunnels.

But the main question remains: who built the underground labyrinth and for what purpose?

Has our blue planet sheltered the gods defeated in the space battle? If we accept such a hypothesis, then it follows from it that the planet from where the defeated came should have had living conditions similar to those of life on Earth. And, therefore, to be approximately at the same distance from the Sun as the Earth, to have an atmosphere of oxygen and the corresponding gravity.

Are there really such planets? Is it true that spaceships took off from them and headed for Earth?

The infinity of options does not allow even an approximate calculation of the probability of such a hypothesis.

There are no less mysteries. But it is unlikely that one should stubbornly adhere to one scheme, proceeding only from the desire for a harmonious reproduction of the past. Often this is done in order to once and for all affirm the value and inviolability of the once adopted scheme ...

Juan Moritz and the Atlantean dungeons. Argentine entrepreneur, ethnologist and collector of mysterious facts Janusz Juan Moritz was born in Hungary, but spent most of his life in South America. In 1965, in a deserted area overseas, he discovered an extensive system of underground communications of unthinkable antiquity, and four years later made this discovery public, informing the President of Ecuador under oath.

Argentine entrepreneur and ethnologist Juan Moritz

Metal books

According to the original researcher, this gigantic fork of underground roads and tunnels stretches for thousands of kilometers, passing, in addition to Argentina, also under the territory of Peru and Ecuador. The walls of the tunnels were smooth and polished, and the ceilings were flat and even, as if covered with glaze. Passage roads led to vast underground halls. In one of the galleries, Moritz allegedly found twenty-kilogram books made of thin metal sheets measuring 96X48 centimeters. In scientific circles, these plates are called plaques.

The most surprising thing is that on each such page, mysterious signs were stamped or engraved. Juan Moritz and his fellow researchers such as Stanley Hall, Petronio Jaramillo, and the world famous Erich von Daniken tend to assume that this is the library of a lost ancient civilization.

According to other versions, the metal books contain historical prophecies of the Incas or the knowledge of aliens who once flew to Earth. In the center of the library are objects that resemble a table and chairs around it, but the material from which they are made is unknown to anyone.

It is not stone, wood or metal, but most likely something similar to ceramics or modern composite materials.

Such composites, which are especially resistant to high temperatures and have great strength, are used, for example, in aviation and astronautics. But could someone have made their analogs many thousands of years ago?

Animals and planes

Metal plate allegedly found by Moritz in a cave

In addition, Juan Moritz discovered many animal figurines made of gold in the dungeons. Elephants, crocodiles, monkeys, bison, jaguars were presented in this kind of "zoo". They all stood along the walls of the halls and passageways. Many interesting drawings were found on the floors of the tunnels. One of these depicts a man hovering over the planet. It turns out that long before the current era of astronautics, people knew about the spherical shape of the Earth. Another floor figure has a rectangular body and a round head. This strange creature stands on a ball-globe and holds the Moon and the Sun in its "hands". Also found was a figure called a "clown" or "pilot". On his head - a helmet with headphones, on his hands - gloves. His suit, which resembles a spacesuit, has a ring and wires attached.

Among the amazing finds of Juan Moritz is something very similar to the model of the supersonic passenger liner "Concorde" made of gold. One such figurine was sent to the museum of the Colombian capital, Bogotá, while the other remained underground. Aviation experts who have studied the museum exhibit tend to believe that this is indeed a model aircraft. Its geometrically correct wings and high vertical keel are striking. This does not occur in birds. The plane figurine is made of pure gold, which is also quite mysterious. Indeed, in nature, as such, pure gold is not found. Native gold is a natural solid solution of silver with a mass fraction of up to 43% in gold and contains impurities of copper, iron and other metals. Pure gold today is obtained through special processing at modern enterprises and equipment. How was this technology known to the representatives of the ancient civilization?

Another drawing, engraved on the floor of the tunnel, depicts a fossil raptor. But dinosaurs lived on our planet 65 million years or more ago. The drawing itself is dated from about IV - IX millennium BC. e. And the tunnels themselves are quite a mystery. Even in our time, there are no such unique technologies for underground construction. Who, then, was able to melt perfectly flat tunnels with polished walls in granite strata, intertwining in the likeness of a giant underground metropolis? It is not without reason that researchers sometimes tend to say that this is the fruit of alien technology.

How Moritz and von Daniken fell out

I must say that Juan Moritz was a great original. He quite seriously believed that Hungarian roots lie at the foundation of virtually every civilization, and after talking somewhere in the wilderness with the Indians, he came to the conclusion that they quite tolerably understand whole phrases in Hungarian. As for communication with the President of Ecuador, it gave him carte blanche for complete control over the discovery - Moritz could invite an independent researcher and show photographic evidence confirming the discovery of a network of underground communications.

In 1972, Juan Moritz met with Erich von Daniken and introduced him to the mystery, showing him the entrance to the cave labyrinths, which supposedly led to a large underground hall. Apparently, von Daniken did not see the legendary metal library, but only the tunnels leading to it. The eminent Swiss researcher shared his impressions on the pages of the bestseller “The Gold of the Gods”: “Undoubtedly, we are not talking about natural formations: underground corridors turn strictly at right angles, they are sometimes wide, sometimes narrow, but the walls are smooth everywhere, as if polished. The ceilings are perfectly flat and like varnished. " But one of the most potentially sensational discoveries of the 20th century soon faded. Indeed, in an interview with the German editions Stern and Der Spiegel, Janusz Juan Moritz unexpectedly began to deny that he had ever been in caves with Erich von Daniken. This undermined the credibility of the Swiss, who began to be suspected of simply fabricating his incredible facts proving the presence of the gods on our planet - the ancient astronauts. Although it was easy to understand: if von Daniken had really deliberately lied, he would not have left any coordinates for the connection of readers with Juan Moritz.

One more step

Guajaro cave

Despite a completely spoiled relationship with Erich von Daniken, the book of a supporter of the Paleovisite theory attracted new supporters to the side of Juan Moritz. One of them was the American Stanley Hall. Moritz and Hall decided to organize an expedition to the Cueva de los Teios area, where the entrance to the dungeon with the metal library is supposedly located. They only needed to find a man with a big name to formally lead the expedition. For the role, they chose the American astronaut Neil Armstrong, who, like Hall, was of Scottish descent. The astronaut replied that he was more than willing to join the mission. In those years, a military junta ruled in Ecuador, and the expedition became a joint venture between the Ecuadorian and British army, supported by a group of geologists, botanists and other specialists. It is curious that for some time the enthusiasts hoped to attract Prince Charles, who had recently received a degree in archeology, to lead the expedition, but the Scottish factor in the choice of the chief was ultimately decisive.

One of the brightest events of the expedition was that on August 3, 1976, Neil Armstrong really stepped into the ancient tunnel system, having a chance to once again enter the history of mankind. Alas, no traces of the metal library have been found. But scientists cataloged 400 new plant species and discovered a burial room with a burial dating back to 1500 BC. e.

Janusz Juan Moritz died in 1991. He always kept something back about mysterious dungeons. Therefore, like-minded people continued their search, each in their own way trying to contribute to them. Count Pino Turolla, for example, believes that the metal library is absolute proof of Edgar Cayce's prophecies. For many years Stanley Hall tried to find out the exact coordinates of the entrance to the caves with the library from Petronio Jaramillo, but he died in 1998, taking the secret with him. However, the new Indiana Jones of our time - Stan Grist - believes that the true entrance to the cherished cave is hidden under water and hopes to organize his expedition equipped with the latest technology to the Cueva de los Teios area.

Argentine entrepreneur, ethnologist and collector of mysterious facts Janusz Juan Moritz was born in Hungary, but spent most of his life in South America. In 1965, in a deserted area overseas, he discovered an extensive system of underground communications of unthinkable antiquity, and four years later made this discovery public, informing the President of Ecuador under oath.


Metal books

According to the original researcher, this gigantic branch of underground roads and tunnels stretches for thousands of kilometers, passing, in addition to Argentina, also under the territory of Peru and Ecuador. The walls of the tunnels were smooth and polished, and the ceilings were flat and even, as if covered with glaze. Passage roads led to vast underground halls.

In one of the galleries, Moritz allegedly found twenty-kilogram books made of thin metal sheets measuring 96x48 centimeters. In scientific circles, these plates are called plaques. The most surprising thing is that on each such page, mysterious signs were stamped or engraved. Juan Moritz and his fellow researchers such as Stanley Hall, Petronio Jaramillo, and the world famous Erich von Daniken tend to assume that this is the library of a lost ancient civilization.

According to other versions, the metal books contain historical prophecies of the Incas or the knowledge of aliens who once flew to Earth. In the center of the library are objects that resemble a table and chairs around it, but the material from which they are made is unknown to anyone.

It is not stone, wood or metal, but most likely something similar to ceramics or modern composite materials. Such composites, which are especially resistant to high temperatures and have great strength, are used, for example, in aviation and astronautics. But could someone have made their analogs many thousands of years ago?

Animals and planes

In addition, Juan Moritz discovered many animal figurines made of gold in the dungeons. Elephants, crocodiles, monkeys, bison, jaguars were presented in this kind of "zoo". They all stood along the walls of the halls and passageways. Many interesting drawings have been found on the floors of the tunnels. One of these depicts a man hovering over the planet.

It turns out that long before the current era of astronautics, people knew about the spherical shape of the Earth. Another floor figure has a rectangular body and a round head. This strange creature stands on a ball-globe and holds the Moon and the Sun in its "hands". Also found was a figure called a "clown" or "pilot". On his head - a helmet with headphones, on his hands - gloves. His suit, which resembles a spacesuit, has a ring and wires attached.

Among the amazing finds of Juan Moritz is something very similar to the model of the supersonic passenger liner "Concorde" made of gold. One such figurine was sent to the museum of the Colombian capital, Bogotá, while the other remained underground.

Aviation experts who have studied the museum exhibit tend to believe that this is indeed a model aircraft. Its geometrically correct wings and high vertical keel are striking. This does not occur in birds.

The plane figurine is made of pure gold, which is also quite mysterious. Indeed, in nature, as such, pure gold is not found. Native gold is a natural solid solution of silver with a mass fraction of up to 43% in gold and contains impurities of copper, iron and other metals. Pure gold today is obtained through special processing at modern enterprises and equipment. How was this technology known to the representatives of the ancient civilization?

Another drawing, engraved on the floor of the tunnel, depicts a fossil raptor. But dinosaurs lived on our planet 65 million years or more ago. The drawing itself is dated from about IV-IX thousand BC. e. And the tunnels themselves are quite a mystery. Even in our time, there are no such unique technologies for underground construction. Who, then, was able to melt perfectly flat tunnels with polished walls in granite strata, intertwining in the likeness of a giant underground metropolis? It is not without reason that researchers sometimes tend to say that this is the fruit of alien technology.

How Moritz and von Daniken fell out

I must say that Juan Moritz was a great original. He quite seriously believed that Hungarian roots lie at the foundation of virtually every civilization, and after talking somewhere in the wilderness with the Indians, he came to the conclusion that they quite tolerably understand whole phrases in Hungarian. As for communication with the President of Ecuador, it gave him carte blanche for complete control over the discovery - Moritz could invite an independent researcher and show photographic evidence confirming the discovery of a network of underground communications.

In 1972, Juan Moritz met with Erich von Daniken and introduced him to the mystery, showing him the entrance to the cave labyrinths, which supposedly led to a large underground hall. Apparently, von Daniken did not see the legendary metal library, but only the tunnels leading to it. The eminent Swiss researcher shared his impressions on the pages of the bestseller “The Gold of the Gods”: “Undoubtedly, we are not talking about natural formations: underground corridors turn strictly at right angles, they are sometimes wide, sometimes narrow, but the walls are smooth everywhere, as if polished. The ceilings are perfectly flat and like varnished. "

But one of the twentieth century's potentially most sensational discoveries soon faded. Indeed, in an interview with the German editions Stern and Der Spiegel, Janusz Juan Moritz unexpectedly began to deny that he had ever been in caves with Erich von Daniken. This undermined the credibility of the Swiss, who began to be suspected of simply fabricating his incredible facts proving the presence of the gods on our planet - the ancient astronauts. Although it was easy to understand: if von Daniken had really deliberately lied, he would not have left any coordinates for the connection of readers with Juan Moritz.

One more step

Despite a completely spoiled relationship with Erich von Daniken, the book of a supporter of the Paleovisite theory attracted new supporters to the side of Juan Moritz. One of them was the American Stanley Hall. It was then that Hall and the writer managed to get to know Padre Crespi, who was a missionary monk in Ecuador from the early 1920s until his death in 1981.

Pedre collected a huge collection of gold and other artifacts that were brought to him by the grateful Jivaro Indians. These were mainly objects made of copper, copper alloys, and sometimes gold. Most of these artifacts were made by the method of embossing on metal sheets. The collection included masks, crowns, chest discs, etc. But the most interesting is the third part of the collection. It includes items that cannot be attributed to any of the famous archaeological cultures in America. But the most interesting were the numerous metal plates covered with plot images and inscriptions. This type of writing is not known to modern researchers.

Another interesting fact is that the images on such plates had nothing to do with the cultural traditions of ancient America. So on one of the plates a regular pyramid was depicted, and not a stepped one, like the pyramid in Egypt. After Padre's death, the collection disappeared, leaving only a few of the more than 3000 artifacts.

Stan Hall, having analyzed the padre's collection, having studied the situation of the researcher Maurice, who continued to hide information about the location of the library, decided to organize his own Ecuadorian-British, scientific expedition to the Cueva de los Teios area, where the entrance to the dungeon with the metal library is supposedly located. It was only necessary to find a person with a big name for the formal leadership of the expedition.

For the role, they chose the American astronaut Neil Armstrong, who, like Hall, was of Scottish descent. The astronaut replied that he was more than willing to join the mission. In those years, a military junta ruled in Ecuador, and the expedition became a joint venture between the Ecuadorian and British army, supported by a group of geologists, botanists and other specialists. It is curious that for some time the enthusiasts hoped to attract Prince Charles, who had recently received a degree in archeology, but the Scottish factor in choosing the chief, to lead the expedition.

One of the brightest events of the expedition was that on August 3, 1976, Neil Armstrong really stepped into the ancient tunnel system, having a chance to once again enter the history of mankind. Alas, no traces of the metal library have been found. But scientists cataloged 400 new plant species and discovered a burial room with a burial dating back to 1500 BC. e.

Janusz Juan Moritz died in 1991. He always kept something back about mysterious dungeons. Therefore, like-minded people continued their search, each in their own way trying to contribute to them.

Third person

All the threads of this story are twisting around Juan Moritz, but still he was not at the starting point. In a 1973 interview with Der Spiegel, Moritz confirmed that an unnamed person had shown him the cave. But who was this man?

After Moritz's death, Hall decided to find out about the "third man" who disappeared into the shadows. Hall got hold of a name - Lucio Petronio Jaramillo Abarca, but nothing else.

"Moritz died in February 1991," Hall said. “I had a name and a phone book. But Quito (the capital of Ecuador - D.M.) was home to a great many people with the name Jaramillo. Finally I found him, or rather, his mother. It was September 1991 when she gave me her son's phone number. I called him. "

Jaramillo confirmed that when Moritz arrived in Guayaquil in 1964, he met Jaramillo at A. Mebius's house and learned about his history. Hall was annoyed as various people tried to set him up with Jaramillo back in 1975, but it took another 16 years before they met.

Jaramillo and Hall realized that Moritz, who had focused on the Cueva de los Teios, was not looking there. The 1976 expedition could have ended with the discovery of the century. And today Hall's greatest desire is if he could turn back time, sit at the same table with Moritz and Jaramillo. At the same time, he realized that Moritz had been obsessed from the beginning with the idea of \u200b\u200bmaking the Metal Library his legacy. When Hall showed Moritz the record of the 1976 expedition, Moritz flatly refused to return it. This ended their friendship, but Hall did not understand the cause of the rift until 1991, when he realized that Jaramillo's name was mentioned in that project. This name Moritz in no way wanted to make public (as evidenced by his interview in 1973). Moritz was incredibly stubborn and, at the same time, incredibly loyal, but obviously wrong in thinking that he could become the pioneer of the century alone.

Underground treasures

Jaramillo and Hall became friends, although both agreed that Jaramillo would prematurely not reveal the location of the tunnel entrance.

Through the stories of Jaramillo Hall studied the true history of the library of Teios, which has never been in Cueva de los Teios! Jramillo stated that he entered the library in 1946 when he was 17 years old. His uncle, whose name remained unknown, was his guide. Obviously, he was on friendly terms with the local population, which is why the members of the tribe trusted him with their secret.

Jaramillo logged in at least once more. Then he saw a library of thousands of large, metal books arranged in compartments on shelves. Each book weighed approximately 20 kilograms on average, and each page was riddled with drawings, geometric shapes and writing. There was also a second library, consisting of small, smooth, transparent, seemingly crystalline tablets, the surface of which was crossed by parallel channels. These plaques were also placed on shelves covered with gold leaf. There were zoomorphic and human statues (some stood on heavy pedestals), metal strips of various shapes, sealing "doors" (possibly graves), covered with colored, semi-precious stones. A large sarcophagus, sculpted from hard, transparent material, contained the skeleton of a large man in gold sheets. In short, this incredible treasure was kept there for an unknown number of years, as if hidden in preparation for some coming disaster.

Once Jaramillo took seven books off the shelves to study them, but the heavy weight forced him to abandon the idea. Jaramillo never provided physical evidence for his stories.

Hall asked him why he never took pictures. "He said it wouldn't prove anything." The experience of other discoveries confirms that photography is highly unreliable evidence. However, Jaramillo stated that he left his initials on those seven books, so that if the library is ever discovered, we can be sure of the truth of his words.

And so, while Hall was organizing a new expedition, in 1995, a war broke out between Peru and Ecuador, in connection with which the dates of the campaign had to be postponed. And in 1998, Geramillo was killed, taking with him the secret of the location of the library.

Although Hall never learned the exact location from Petronio Jaramillo, after Jaramillo's death in May 1998, Hall arranged a trip with Mario Petronio, Jaramillo's son, in which they combined their knowledge. The journey was aimed only at reaching the "zero point".

Hall returned in May 2000.

He showed aerial maps, showing a bend in the river and a cliff line that hides an entrance cave - the entrance to a system that stretches for miles. His assumption is that a rock collapse (evidence of an ancient earthquake) opened an underground network. Hall visited the site and concluded that it fits Jaramillo's description perfectly.

The need for cooperation

For example, on January 17, 2005, Hall informed the Ecuadorian government about the location of a cave that fits Jaramillo's description and which he hopes will be the target of the expedition, this place turned out to be a bend of the Pastaza River.

For anyone interested, the coordinates are 77 ° 47'34 ′ West and 1 ° 56'00 ′ South.

Hall thinks it will take decades or a shift in mindset before people can work together for a common goal. He argues that the 1976 expedition took place only because a military regime was in power; "The democratic bureaucracy will flood the expedition before there is even one swampy river on the way."

All that is required is a sense of cooperation and openness. Too many people have tried to use the library as evidence for their own theory of alien adventures, the conquering Hungarians, or the Hall of Records. Perhaps that is why these missions were doomed. Perhaps we should let the library speak for itself. Answers to questions about who built it, where they came from, etc. we can find inside. After all, is it a library or not?

Juan Moritz and Stanley Hall

Argentine entrepreneur, ethnologist and collector of mysterious facts Janusz Juan Moritz was born in Hungary, but spent most of his life in South America. In 1965, in a deserted area across the ocean, he discovered an extensive system of underground communications of unthinkable antiquity, and four years later made this discovery public, informing the President of Ecuador under oath.

Metal books

According to the original researcher, this gigantic fork of underground roads and tunnels stretches for thousands of kilometers, passing, in addition to Argentina, also under the territory of Peru and Ecuador. The walls of the mysterious tunnels were smooth and polished, and the ceilings were flat and even, as if covered with glaze. Passage roads led to vast underground halls. In one of the galleries, Moritz allegedly found twenty-kilogram books made of thin metal sheets measuring 96X48 centimeters. In scientific circles, these plates are called plaques.

The most surprising thing is that on each such page, mysterious signs were stamped or engraved. Juan Moritz and his fellow researchers such as Stanley Hall, Petronio Jaramillo, and the world famous Erich von Daniken tend to assume that this is the library of a lost ancient civilization.

According to other versions, the historical prophecies of the Incas or the knowledge of aliens who once flew to Earth are recorded in unusual metal books. In the center of the library are objects that resemble a table and chairs around it, but the material from which they are made is unknown to anyone.

It is not stone, wood or metal, but most likely something similar to ceramics or modern composite materials.

Such composites, which are especially resistant to high temperatures and have great strength, are used, for example, in aviation and astronautics. But could someone have made their analogs many thousands of years ago?

Animals and planes

In addition, Juan Moritz discovered many animal figurines made of gold in the dungeons. Elephants, crocodiles, monkeys, bison, jaguars were presented in this kind of "zoo". They all stood along the walls of the halls and passageways. Many interesting drawings were found on the floors of the tunnels. One of these depicts a man hovering over the planet.

Metal plate allegedly found by Moritz in a cave

It turns out that long before the current era of astronautics, people knew about the spherical shape of the Earth. Another floor figure has a rectangular body and a round head. This strange creature stands on a ball-globe and holds the Moon and the Sun in its "hands". Also found was a figure called a "clown" or "pilot". On his head - a helmet with headphones, on his hands - gloves. His suit, which resembles a spacesuit, has a ring and wires attached.

Among the amazing finds of Juan Moritz is something very similar to the model of the supersonic passenger liner "Concorde" made of gold. One such figurine was sent to the museum of the Colombian capital of Bogotá, while the other remained underground. Aviation experts who have studied the museum exhibit tend to believe that this is indeed a model aircraft. Its geometrically correct wings and high vertical keel are striking. This does not occur in birds.

The unusual figure of an airplane is made of pure gold, which is also quite mysterious. Indeed, in nature, as such, pure gold is not found. Native gold is a natural solid solution of silver with a mass fraction of up to 43% in gold and contains impurities of copper, iron and other metals. Pure gold is obtained today by means of special processing at modern enterprises and equipment. How was this technology known to the representatives of the ancient civilization?

Another drawing, engraved on the floor of the tunnel, depicts a mysterious fossil lizard. But dinosaurs lived on our planet 65 million years or more ago. The drawing itself is dated from about IV - IX millennium BC. e. And the tunnels themselves are quite a mystery. Even in our time, there are no such unique technologies for underground construction. Who, then, was able to melt perfectly smooth tunnels with polished walls in the granite strata, intertwining in the likeness of a giant underground metropolis? It is not for nothing that researchers are sometimes inclined to say that this is the fruit of alien technology.

How Moritz and von Daniken fell out

I must say that Juan Moritz was a great original. He quite seriously believed that Hungarian roots lie at the foundation of virtually every civilization, and after talking somewhere in the wilderness with the Indians, he came to the conclusion that they quite tolerably understand whole phrases in Hungarian. As for communication with the President of Ecuador, it gave him carte blanche for complete control over the discovery - Moritz could invite an independent researcher and show photographic evidence confirming the discovery of a network of underground communications.

In 1972, Juan Moritz met with Erich von Daniken and introduced him to the mystery, showing him the entrance to the cave labyrinths, which supposedly led to a large underground hall. Apparently, von Daniken did not see the legendary metal library, but only the tunnels leading to it. The eminent Swiss researcher shared his impressions on the pages of the bestseller “The Gold of the Gods”: “Undoubtedly, we are not talking about natural formations: underground corridors turn strictly at right angles, they are sometimes wide, sometimes narrow, but the walls are smooth everywhere, as if polished. The ceilings are perfectly flat and like varnished. "

But one of the most potentially sensational discoveries of the 20th century soon faded. Indeed, in an interview with the German editions Stern and Der Spiegel, Janusz Juan Moritz unexpectedly began to deny that he had ever been to caves with Erich von Daniken. This undermined the credibility of the Swiss, who began to be suspected of simply fabricating his incredible facts proving the presence of the gods on our planet - the ancient astronauts. Although it was easy to understand: if von Daniken had really deliberately lied, then he would not have left any coordinates for the connection of readers with Juan Moritz.

One more step

The famous natural mountain cave of Guajaro is located near the coastal town of Cumana. It is fraught with many secrets and mysteries, unsolved to this day. getting into her secret chambers is not possible.

The Guajaro Cave was discovered at the beginning of the nineteenth century by the famous German scientist and explorer Alexander von Humboldt, who entered the cave with a local guide.

Submitting to primitive fear, the Indians refused to accompany Humboldt deep into the unusual cave, however, the scientist was able to independently overcome a decent distance and find very unusual inhabitants in the cave - night birds of the guajaro.


Despite a completely spoiled relationship with Erich von Daniken, the book of a supporter of the Paleovisite theory attracted new supporters to the side of Juan Moritz. One of them was the American Stanley Hall. Moritz and Hall decided to organize an expedition to the Cueva de los Teios area, where the entrance to the dungeon with the metal library is supposedly located. They only needed to find a man with a big name to formally lead the expedition.

For the role, they chose the American astronaut Neil Armstrong, who, like Hall, was of Scottish descent. The astronaut replied that he was more than willing to join the mission. In those years, a military junta ruled in Ecuador, and the expedition became a joint venture between the Ecuadorian and British army, supported by a group of geologists, botanists and other specialists. It is curious that for some time the enthusiasts hoped to attract Prince Charles, who had recently received a degree in archeology, to lead the expedition, but the Scottish factor in the choice of the chief was ultimately decisive.

One of the brightest events of the expedition was that on August 3, 1976, Neil Armstrong really stepped into the ancient tunnel system, having a chance to once again enter the history of mankind. Alas, no traces of the metal library have been found. But scientists cataloged 400 new plant species and discovered a burial room with a burial dating back to 1500 BC. e.

Janusz Juan Moritz died in 1991. He always kept something back about mysterious dungeons. Therefore, like-minded people continued their search, each in their own way trying to contribute to them. Count Pino Turolla, for example, believes that the metal library is absolute proof of Edgar Cayce's prophecies. For many years Stanley Hall tried to find out the exact coordinates of the entrance to the caves with the library from Petronio Jaramillo, but he died in 1998, taking the secret with him. However, the new Indiana Jones of our time - Stan Grist - believes that the true entrance to the cherished cave is hidden under water and hopes to organize his expedition equipped with the latest technology to the Cueva de los Teios area.


A system of tunnels and caves underneath Ecuador and Peru houses an ancient treasure house, including two libraries, one made of metal books and the other on crystal tablets.

In 1973, Erich von Daniken, at the height of his fame after the success of his book Chariots of the Gods, claimed that he was part of a giant underground tunnel system in Ecuador that, he was told, spanned almost the entire continent. , clear evidence of the high development of our ancestors or aliens.

Somewhere in the tunnels there is a library in which books were made of metal, and this is in an area where today only "primitive" Indian tribes live without any writing. Lost civilization? The story revolves around Juan Moricz, an Argentino-Hungarian entrepreneur who claims to have discovered a series of tunnels in Ecuador containing the Metal Library.

In an affidavit dated July 8, 1969, he spoke of his meeting with the Ecuadorian president, after which he gained full control of the discovery - he could extinguish an independent witness and show photographic evidence confirming the discovery of the underground network. The newspapermen reported on the expedition organized by Moritz.


Left Juan Moritz, right Stanley Hall

In 1972, Moritz met with von Daniken and revealed his secret, namely the entrance, which allegedly led to a large hall in the depths of the labyrinth. Apparently von Daniken did not see the library itself, but only the tunnels. Von Daniken included this case in his book “The Gold of the Gods”: “Undoubtedly, we are not talking about natural formations: underground corridors turn strictly at right angles, they are sometimes wide, sometimes narrow, but the walls are smooth everywhere, as if polished. The ceilings are perfectly flat and as if covered with varnish ”(the book“ Gold of the Gods ”was also published in Russian.


In it Daniken describes as an eyewitness both halls with unprecedented sculptures and a “metal library” - DM). However, one of the most sensational (potentially) discoveries soon died out. In an interview with reporters from the German editions Der Spiegel and Stern, Moritz flatly denied that he had ever been in a cave with von Daniken. This undermined von Daniken's credibility, and his reputation was branded as a liar.

For many, the incident proved that Daniken in many ways fabricated his "incredible" facts, proving the presence of gods not on Earth - ancient astronauts. No one pointed out that if Daniken had deliberately lied, he would not have left such easy access to Moritz. He could say that the source of the information wished to remain incognito. Instead, it seems that something happened to Moritz. And the dark spot on Daniken's international career remains largely to this day.

There are several oddities in this story. At first, Moritz simply denied that he had met Daniken; he did not deny the existence of the underground network of tunnels itself. In Der Spiegel, March 19, 1973, we can read:

Der Spiegel: "How did you find the [metal] library?"
Moritz: "Someone showed it to me."
Der Spiegel: Who showed?
Moritz: "I can't tell you."

Moritz further stated that the library was guarded by the tribe. It seems logical that Moritz, who did show something to Daniken, later regretted it. Probably, he expected a stream of interested persons to whom for some reason he did not want to show anything.

Small step for Armstrong, but giant for humanity

By 1975, history had ruined the career of one notorious author, who could have followed in his footsteps? Answer: Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon - or rather a Scotsman to change the dubious status quo with the Metal Library. Stan Hall read von Daniken's book and subsequently befriended Moritz. The latter confirmed that he met Daniken in 1972 and led the Swiss writer from Guayaquil to Cuenca



There was not enough time to take Daniken to his "true location"; instead, they decided to show him a small cave about 30 minutes from Kuensa that connects to the network. This seemed to clear up the contradictions between Daniken and Moritz's stories, but not the Metal Library itself.


Left Erich von Daniken, right Juan Moritz


Where was it?

During the expedition of Moritz in 1969 to Cueva de los Tayos, a cave was allegedly discovered - the entrance to the Metal Library. But in 1969 no Metal Library was ever disclosed. So Hall decided to organize an Ecuadorian-British expedition to explore the Cueva de los Teios; it was a completely scientific expedition.

I have met Stan Hall several times, not knowing that the person I spoke to was Stan Hall. He attended the conferences of the Scottish Sauniere Society in the audience. Stan was in the background and did not stand out at all among the people. By pure chance, I found out that this is that Stan Hall, besides living nearby ... this gave me the opportunity to get information about this story first-hand. Hall wanted to create a system: if the existence of the Metal Library of a lost civilization was confirmed, the first step would be to map the location.

This was the main goal of the expedition; treasure hunting was not meant. Hall conducted a professional examination, three weeks of exploration of the famous cave: a joint venture between the British and Ecuadorian armies, supported by a group of geologists, botanists and other specialists. How Neil Armstrong was involved “The expedition needed an honorary figurehead,” said Stan Hall.

“The proposal was Prince Charles, who had recently completed his degree in archeology, but I knew that Neil Armstrong had Scottish roots. My mother's maiden name was Armstrong, and through the other Armstrongs in Langholm, where Neil Armstrong was given the title of honorary citizen, I contacted the famous astronaut. Several months later, I received a reply that Neil Armstrong was more than willing to join us on this mission.

The expedition suddenly became a challenge to life. " On August 3, 1976, as the expedition gradually dwindled, Armstrong entered the tunnel system. However, no trace of the Metal Library has been found. A possible discovery would change the entire perspective of humanity in our history. For Armstrong, this could be the second great contribution to human research. However, the group cataloged 400 new plant species and discovered a burial chamber with a burial dating back to 1500 BC.


Neil Armstrong in the tunnel system




History has moved from ancient astronauts to today's astronaut, but what will be the next step?

Third person

All the threads of this story are twisting around Juan Moritz, but still he was not at the starting point. From 1969 to 1991, when he died, the Metal Library was never discovered. What's next? Moritz himself is not a creator of history, von Daniken noted this on the pages of his book. In a 1973 interview with Der Spiegel, Moritz confirmed that an unnamed person had shown him the cave. But who was this man?

After Moritz's death, Hall decided to find out about the "third man" who disappeared into the shadows. Hall got hold of the name - Lucio Petronio Jaramillo Abarca, but nothing else. Moritz died in February 1991, ”Hall said. “I had a name and a telephone directory. But Quito (the capital of Ecuador - D.M.) was home to a great many people with the name Jaramillo. Finally I found him, or rather, his mother.

It was September 1991 when she gave me her son's phone number. I called him. He told me that it took 16 years before our paths crossed. He wished to meet, but said that he needed three more days. "


Left Lucio Petronio Jaramillo Abarca, Right Stan Hall


Jaramillo confirmed that when Moritz arrived in Guayaquil in 1964, he teamed up with attorney Dr. Gerardo Pena Matheus.



Left Gerardo Pena Matheus, center Stan Hall, right Juan Moricz

Moritz told Matheus about his theory that Hungarian roots are at the root of virtually every civilization. Through his acquaintances with A. Fernandez-Salvador Zaldumbide and A. Moebius, Moritz met Jaramillo at the Moebius house and learned about his history.

Hall was annoyed as various people tried to set him up with Jaramillo back in 1975, but it took another 16 years before they met. Jaramillo and Hall realized that Moritz, who had focused on the Cueva de los Teios, was not looking there.

The 1976 expedition could have ended with the discovery of the century. And today Hall's greatest desire is if he could turn back time, sit at the same table with Moritz and Jaramillo. At the same time, he realized that Moritz had been obsessed from the beginning with the idea of \u200b\u200bmaking the Metal Library his legacy. When Hall showed Moritz the notes on the 1976 expedition, Moritz flatly refused to return it. This ended their friendship, but Hall did not understand the cause of the rift until 1991, when he realized that Jaramillo's name was mentioned in that project.

This name Moritz in no way wanted to make public (as evidenced by his interview in 1973). Moritz was incredibly stubborn and, at the same time, incredibly loyal, but obviously wrong in thinking that he could become the single-handed discoverer of the century. Underground Treasures Jaramillo and Hall became friends, although both agreed that Jaramillo would not prematurely reveal the location of the tunnel entrance.

Through the stories of Jaramillo Hall studied the true history of the library of Teios, which has never been in Cueva de los Teios! Jramillo stated that he entered the library in 1946 when he was 17 years old. His uncle, whose name remained unknown, was his guide. Obviously, he was on friendly terms with the local population, which is why the members of the tribe trusted him with their secret. Jaramillo has logged in at least once more.

Then he saw a library of thousands of large, metal books arranged in compartments on shelves. Each book weighed approximately 20 kilograms on average, and each page was riddled with drawings, geometric shapes and writing. There was also a second library, consisting of small, smooth, transparent, seemingly crystalline tablets, the surface of which was crossed by parallel channels.

These tablets were also placed on shelves covered with gold leaf. There were zoomorphic and human statues (some stood on heavy pedestals), metal strips of various shapes, sealing "doors" (possibly graves), covered with colored, semi-precious stones. A large sarcophagus, sculpted from hard, transparent material, contained the skeleton of a large man in gold sheets. In short, this incredible treasure was kept there for an unknown number of years, as if hidden in preparation for some coming disaster.

Once Jaramillo took seven books off the shelves to study them, but the heavy weight forced him to abandon the idea. Jaramillo never provided physical evidence for his stories. Hall asked him why he never took pictures. "He said it wouldn't prove anything." The experience of other discoveries confirms that photography is highly unreliable evidence. However, Jaramillo stated that he left his initials on those seven books, so that if the library is ever discovered, we can be sure of the truth of his words.

Expedition Plan and Delay Jaramillo and Hall wanted to join forces to open the Metal Library; one knew the place, the other had experience in preparing such expeditions. First, we got in touch with various ambassadors and the necessary politicians, then the scientific community was devoted to the plans. Jaramillo was going to lead the group to the place where they were to stay for three to four months (during the dry season), meticulously describing the content of the place. Everything would remain in place. A message with recommendations is the only result of the forthcoming expedition that UNESCO should involve.

But in 1995, Peruvian jets bombed Ecuadorian military bases and the project was shelved for the first time. In 1997, Hall used an anthropological conference to promote the idea. Six anthropologists met him, interested in the project plan. But in the same year, the political regime in Ecuador changed (according to Hall, for the worse); Hall felt that his family could not live safely in the new political reality, he moved the family back to Scotland. However, there was no delay; expedition planning continued.

It was in 1998 that the expedition encountered a major obstacle. Hall received sad news on the phone from Petronio Jaramillo's mother - he was killed. Was he killed because of the upcoming expedition? Living in South America is inexpensive, anyone who has lived there knows. Jaramillo carried a large sum of money that day. He was robbed on the street near his home. Accidental violence stopped one of the greatest discoveries ever. It seems that fate itself resisted the plans of Jaramillo and Hall, hiding mysterious caves with all its might.

Where is the place? Moritz and Jaramillo are dead. Hall was in his sixties. Would he go in search of it alone? Hall was not looking for treasure. He emphasizes that this is not Eldorado. There is already a lot of gold in this country. Jaramillo never spoke about gold books, but only about "metal" (probably it was copper, since Jaramillo saw a green plaque on the books. Moritz's interest was not in the monetary equivalent of the library, but solely in its historical importance. However, in the past, various hunters treasures tried to discover the cave.

Count Pino Turolla came into contact with Jaramillo in the 1960s through the same channels that later led Moritz to him. Turolla fiddled with the idea of \u200b\u200bthe Hall of Records and considered the Metal Library to be absolute proof of Keyes' prophecies. But Turolla's attitude and sense of organization prevented him from obtaining the necessary details. Turolla decided to look around the Cueva de los Teios and was left empty-handed. Indiana Jones's most active heir today is Stan Grist, who also knew Juan Moritz. In 2005, Grist wrote: “I am currently in negotiations with the Shuars Aborigines, they live near Cueva de los Teios, their permission is necessary to enter and explore the area of \u200b\u200bthe caves.

In the coming months, I plan to organize an expedition to find a secret entrance to a cave, possibly containing a metal library. Many people entered the cave through the famous, vertical passage near the top of the mountain. However, I figured it would be nearly impossible to reach the metal library through this famous entrance. You can only get to the secret entrance under water! " I introduced Hall to Grist's opinion. “Jaramillo always said the entrance was under the river,” Hall said. But that river does not flow at Teios Cave. That river is Pastaza.


Aerial photo of the area where the real cave is located.


The marked area is a bend in the Pastaza River, which Hall visited in 2000 and which meets all the required characteristics. Although Hall never learned the exact location from Petronio Jaramillo, after Jaramillo's death in May 1998, Hall organized a trip with Mario Petronio, Jaramillo's son, in which they combined their knowledge. The travel was aimed only at reaching the "zero point".

Hall returned in May 2000. He showed me aerial maps showing the bend in the river and the line of the cliff that hides the entrance cave - the entrance to the system that stretches for miles. His assumption is that a rock collapse (evidence of an ancient earthquake) opened an underground network. Hall visited the site and concluded that it fits Jaramillo's description perfectly. The need for cooperation What happened next? Hall was 64 when he traveled to South America; now he is seventy. When he turned 68, he decided that most likely he would not see the end of this story.

However, he does not consider this story his own, he does not want to repeat Moritz's mistake. For example, on January 17, 2005, Hall informed the Ecuadorian government about the location of a cave that fits Jaramillo's description and which he hopes will be the target of the expedition. For anyone interested, the coordinates are 77 ° 47'34 ′ West and 1 ° 56'00 ′ South.

GoogleEarth allows you to see this place up close and can satisfy the initial curiosity. But knowing the location does not mean that it will be easy to find something. Hall thinks it will take decades or a shift in mindset before people can work together for a common goal. He argues that the 1976 expedition took place only because a military regime was in power; "The democratic bureaucracy will flood the expedition before there is even one swampy river on the way."

All that is required is a sense of cooperation and openness. Too many people have tried to use the library as evidence for their own theory of alien adventures, the conquering Hungarians, or the Hall of Records. Perhaps that is why these missions were doomed. Perhaps we should let the library speak for itself. Answers to questions about who built it, where they came from, etc. we can find inside. After all, is it a library or not?