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Mystery Hill

This thirty-acre sacred site is probably the oldest surviving settlement

on the North America continent. It has been called America's

Stonehenge. A 4.5-ton sacrificial altar here is grooved for the collection

of blood. Underneath the altar, a speaking tube runs to a huge

underground chamber, 22 feet wide and 6.5 feet high. This oracle

chamber contains a drawing of an ibex and other mysterious carvings. One high walled corridor leads to a central temple room, and the
outlying stones are arranged to detect the change of seasons and the directions of the compass. The Tomb of Lost Souls is the only
chamber with an east-west axis. Early colonists discovered the unusual stone walls and name it Mystery Hill. They avoided the area and had
no idea of it's extensive underground features. Early archeologists assumed that Mystery Hill was built by Indians, but recent evidence
suggest it was built by a Mediterranean civilization around 2025 BC Pieces of charcoal wedged between stones at the site have been carbon-
dated to 4,000 years old, and several scholars believe the workmanship and carvings at Mystery Hill are Minoan or Phoenicia. The popular G-
stone at the site is actually two letters of the Phoenician alphabet, and rock carvings show outlines of the Phoenician sailing vessels. The
Gods worshiped at this site were certainly not the Gods of the American Indians. In fact, some researchers believe the site in 1937, H.P.
Lovecraft was inspired to write his famous short story, "The Dunwich Horror."