The mystery of the underground structure of Rockwall. Traces of giants?
It could be the first concrete evidence of the existence of a highly advanced ancient civilization. The immense buried structure discovered in Rockwall, a town in Texas, extends over an area of almost 20 square kilometers, sinks into the ground for about seven stories and could date back to about 20 thousand years ago. Who could have built a building so complex and so ancient?
In 1850, a strange stone wall was discovered in a location not far from Dallas, Texas. The structure gave the name to what is today the town of Rockwall.
The local people are convinced that these are the remains of a fabulous, long-lost ancient civilization. Some geologists believe it to be a bizarre natural structure, where “bizarre” is an adjective used when there is a lack of a valid theory or a known mechanism for its creation.
Indeed, the immense stone wall has features that suggest it could be an artificially made structure, built more than 20,000 years ago. It forms a rectangular structure with the shorter sides being about 3.5 kilometers long, and the longer sides about 5.6 kilometers long.
Among the first settlers to arrive in the area to establish an agricultural community were three newly arrived families: the Wades, the Boydstons, and the Stevensons. In 1852, the Wade family began building their home east of the Trinity River valley. While digging the well for the farm, Mr. Wade discovered a rock wall that extended several meters below the surface of the ground.
It seems that the three families were at odds with each other because each wanted to name the new settlement after their own family. But after discovering the rock wall, they unanimously decided to name the colony "Rockwall," thus settling their differences.
According to the information gathered by Mary Pattie (Wade) Gibson, granddaughter of the Wade family head and now the curator of the Rockwall County Historical Foundation, further excavations conducted by her grandfather and other men revealed a series of cubicles or rooms in which one could walk comfortably. A long corridor seemed to lead toward a hill, as if it were a road ending in a plaza. The ceiling of the corridor was described as having steep slopes (like a vaulted ceiling, very similar to those built by the Maya).
Mary Pattie's grandfather discovered that the wall extended downward, descending into the ground for nearly forty meters. This detail seems to be confirmed by a well dug in 1897 by a certain Mr. Deweese, suggesting that the structure extends as deep into the ground as a seven-story building. However, it appears that Mr. Deweese’s excavation stopped before reaching the actual bottom of the structure.
On Friday, May 28, 1886, the local Rockwall County newspaper reported the discovery of artifacts near the excavation and strange giant skulls:
"The greatest wonder to report this week is the discovery of a petrified human skull. Last Saturday, Ben Burton unearthed what seems to be a gigantic skull with his plow. The eye sockets were as large as a two-liter container.The discovery suggests that this region was once inhabited by a race of people who would be truly astonishing to behold today. Dr. Wiggins estimates that the skull of an antediluvian giant could be worth at least 1,000 pounds. Anyone who wants to inspect the skull can contact Mr. Burton, who is making it available for any inspection."
On June 4, 1886, the same newspaper reported another news item:
"The wonders do not cease. Shortly after Mr. Burton’s discovery of the giant skull, a large crowd gathered at Mr. Grier’s property to hear the metallic sound coming from the bottom of a well dug on his land. After removing the soil, the excavation revealed a huge chamber, with the roof supported by black marble pillars, whose sides gleamed in the light of the oil lamp."
In 1906, an incident was reported involving two unidentified men who were digging in the corridor. Their intent was to reach a room or a cavity beneath the town, convinced that it was a space filled with gold, an idea apparently derived from an ancient Indian legend.
In the total disinterest of geologists and archaeologists, some investigations have been conducted over the past 100 years by local residents interested in understanding whether the structure is natural or artificial. In 1949, Mr. Sanders of Fort Worth, Texas, conducted an excavation near the main wall. The removal of the soil uncovered four large stones, each weighing about two tons, with inscriptions that appear to be pictograms.
On November 5, 1967, Frank X. Tolbert excavated on his farm, just east of the town of Rockwall, discovering the side of a masonry wall in which what seemed to be an arch above a door or window could be seen.
In the early 1970s, a pair of curious metal rings embedded in the ground were discovered. The rings measure approximately 15 and 30 centimeters in diameter, respectively. They are practically incorporated into the stones that make up part of the wall. The rings were analyzed and found to be made of an alloy composed of tin, titanium, and iron. No researcher has been able to provide an explanation as to how the two rings ended up there.
A Strange Lack of Interest
Although the structure is accessible to anyone and the discoveries seem decidedly interesting, for some unclear reason, the site does not attract scientific interest. Certainly, it raises some significant questions: Is it an artificial or natural wall? Is there an immense archaeological site buried under the state of Texas? Could these be the remains of a lost ancient civilization? Or is it simply another natural wonder that the North American territories have accustomed us to? Why does no one bother to provide definitive answers to these questions?
“The exposed wall is quite spectacular when you see it for the first time,” says Randall Moir, a Dallas archaeologist, one of the few scientists who visited the site. “Determining its origin, genesis, and age offers a series of exciting research opportunities that could certainly advance our understanding of such phenomena. The decisive fact, however, is that geologists do not actually know the precise processes that can lead to such formations, so a systematic and detailed study would be appropriate, even if it turns out to be just a natural phenomenon.”
But some scholars are convinced that the Rockwall structure could be the remains of some long-lost ancient civilization. And if that is the case, who were the people who built it, and for what purpose? Could this be the confirmation, along with the skeletons found in Wisconsin, that North America was once inhabited by a race of giants? And who were they?
