[UA] Carved stone still mystifies scholars

[S McDaniel]

CONCORD, New Hampshire (AP) -- In 1872, so the story
goes, workers digging a hole for a fence post near
Lake Winnipesaukee in the central part of this New
England state found a lump of clay that seemed out of
place.

There was something inside -- a dark, odd-looking,
egg-shaped stone with a variety of carvings, including
a face, teepee, ear of corn and starlike circles.

And there were many questions: Who made the stone and
why? How old was it? How was it carved?

To date, no one has been able to say for sure, and the
item has come to be known as the "Mystery Stone."
Seneca Ladd, a local businessman who hired the
workers, was credited with the discovery.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/science/07/19/mystery.stone.ap/index.html

Relic?  Or...the egg of...something...?


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