the truth about mystery rock the it used to belong to the Huning Ranch when jack huning had some trouble paying taxes he sold off much of the ranch to the indians and now the rock belongs to the pueblo of isleta
here is a story on the rock with the real translation
It can be a strangely harsh land, a place of desolation and loneliness, where even the natural elements can be friend or foe; an unchanging environment that is ancient and ageless, the holder of many stories and mysteries along the way. Home to the mountain lion and coyote, the lizards and the ravens, the dry, parched, desert landscape near Los Lunas, New Mexico, is made of scrub juniper, cactus, ageless hilltops and arroyos carved by wind and water for millions of years, stretching for miles in every direction as far as the eye can see, and beyond.
To those that call the area home, there is a magic in the dry desert air; a spiritual connection to unseen forces of nature; power that lies within or beneath the earth and electrically or magnetically charges the environment with an ominous presence that can be felt, and at times, even heard as deep rumble in the ground; an ancient power that casts a spell on those that choose to live the desert life here.
Considering the mysterious nature of the region, it shouldn't be surprising that one of North America's greatest historical mysteries is found here, obscurely located at the base of a common desert hillock, hidden from the elements and casual sight in a crevice of basalt rock. "Inscription Rock", "Los Lunas Rock", "The Los Lunas Decalogue Stone"... it has been called by many names, and there have been many attempts at translating the strange inscription on its surface, which has been estimated to be more than 2,000 years old.
Still an argument among scholars, the writing on the stone tablet appears to be Greek-Hebrew. In fact, several academic translations of the strange language theorize the message is actually an imperfect replication of the Ten Commandments, written primarily in Hebrew with several Greek and Phoenician influences, possibly left behind during the wanderings of Israel's lost "Twelfth Tribe".
In 1949, Robert H. Pfeiffer of Harvard University made a first known translation of the strange writing. Being an authority on the Old Testament, he concluded that the inscription was a copy of the Ten Commandments. He thought that the inscription was written in the Phoenician, the Moabite, and the Greek languages.
But that translation has been challenged by more than one researcher. In 1964, Robert L. LaFollete wrote a translation which indicates the mysterious inscription was actually a travelers story carved on the rock using Phoenician as well as some Hebrew, Cyrillic and Etruscan letters. Others have supported that claim.n 1979, an Albuquerque woman, on a visit to the site, thought she recognized a few of the strange letters on the rock. Dixie Perkins, a student of ancient text, became obsessed with researching databases in search of typing the strange letters of the inscripted message. The road was long and hard, and perhaps luck was on her side, but her efforts paid off when she discovered an identical form of writing all but forgotten by recorded history. She theorizes the text is indeed Phoenician, with Greek influences, but distinctly marked by a few ancient Egyptian characters, indicating the language of the text comes from the pre-Byzantine period. In fact, according to Perkins, the transitional Phoenician/Greek language was used for such a short period of time that it definitely dates the inscription to post-Phoenician society; the days when the remnant greatness of Phoenicia was giving way to a new Greek Empire, but when Phoenician craftsmen, such as shipbuilders, were still an important part in building the new Greek civilization. Perkins rough translation is as follows:
"I have come to this place to stay. The other one met with an untimely death in battle, dishonored, insulted and stripped of flesh. The men thought him to be an object of care whom I looked after, considered crazed, to be tossed about as if in a wind, to perish in poverty and need. By my kinsmen I was respected and honored, of blessed lot, with a body of slaves and so many olive trees, a peg to hand anything upon. Men punished me with exile to exact a retribution for a debt; meanwhile, I remain here as a rabbit. I, Zakyneros, just as a prophet, out of reach of mortal man, I am fleeing and very afraid. I am dross, refuse, scum, just as aboard ship a soft, effeminate sailor is flayed with an animal hide, all who speak offensively are lashed or beaten with a cane; but after a short time, the hurtful ones may be sated; at an unseasonable time, I remain to protect from the rainy southwest winds the hollow or the ravine. Very much harvest is gathered in, very much is in the woody dell and glen; very many bags of young deer. Very many hides with luxuriant hair; by the channel of a river, swift flowing. Very much is given by the gods, the choicest kind of gift, to call upon the gods for again and again, at the unseasonable time I become gaunt from hunger."
But Perkins research is not the last. The most recent development includes the study by researcher David Deal, who rediscovered another ancient artifact on the same hill, a place known as Mystery Mountain. Made of the same basalt material, there is a zodiac calendar craved in stone near the top of Mystery Mountain, several feet above Inscription Rock. After careful evaluation, Deal dates the calendar rock to around 107 B.C., when a total solar eclipse occurred over the New Mexico desert.
What is the origin of the mysterious rock inscription hidden in the New Mexico desert? Is it proof that ancient man visited the Americas long before Columbus or the Vikings boldly took to sea in search of new territories to explore?
The answer may not come easy, for few researchers can agree on a common translation. Perhaps some things are better left as mysteries, or perhaps the code will be broken tomorrow, changing the way we look at early American history. Either way, Inscription Rock certainly provides us with a real-life mystery, and an interesting study.
