Russian Scientists Prove Dashka Stone (Map of The Creator) is Real

Is the Dashka Stone (also termed the Map of the Creator) real?  Does it prove that there was an advanced ancient civilization in the Ural Mountains thousands of years ago?  According to a team of scientists from Bashkir State University that is exactly what they have found.   Recent research and testing on the large stone slab have proven that it is indeed an ancient map carving of the area that is thousands of years old.

The team announced their findings recently and this is what they found:

1. The      rock has been dated to around 120 million years old.  (a pair of ancient shells locked into      the slab confirmed this)  The slab      is 5 feet tall, 3.5 feet wide and 6 inches thick.  It weighs approximately a little over      one ton.
2. The      slab is composed of three layers that most scientists believe would not      occur naturally.  The three layers      are dolomite ceramic, diopside glass and then a thin layer of porcelain.
3. The      surface of the slab is covered with a 3-D map of a section of the Ural      Mountains.  The slab shows no signs      of tool usage meaning it was hand-carved but the age cannot be dated on      when the carving was done.
4. Details      of the slab include:  the rivers,      mountains, fault lines and other natural topography of the Ural      Mountains.  Also shown are 12 huge      artificial dams, thousands of miles of irrigation canals and various other      environmental projects.
5. Each      of the environmental projects have symbols next to them that were      originally thought to be Chinese but now are thought to be a new form of      hieroglyphics that have not been translated.
6. The      detail of the map could only have been acquired from the sky or      space.

Along with these results, NASA and the Russian Space Agency have confirmed what the map shows is basically how the area looks from high up in the air or from space.  The scientists on the team also are fairly certain that the slab is just one piece of a complete world map with possibly an additional 20 slabs missing.  Local legends in the area tell of large slabs containing strange writing on them so it is certainly possible that more will be found in the future.   So Stay Tuned …………