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Ica Stones
Elefant, Roger
Roger Elefant is a French writer who has written (only in French)
Roger Elefant 1975
on a range of ‘New Age’ subjects – Mu, hollow earth, UFO’s, the Ica Stones etc., etc(a). His books appear to be mainly a mish-mash of other writers ideas with Robert Charroux and Edgar Cayce figuring prominently. His ideas on Atlantis are just echoes of Cayce’s ‘visions’ and like Cayce the few references to Plato are usually only encountered en passant. I found little originality in Elefant’s work except when I read his claim that Tiwanaku had been built by the Vikings _ D’autre part, Tiahuanaco, aussi incroyable que cela paraisse, aurait été construite par les Vikings, sur (et avec) les ruines de la ville antique d’origine ! (Oui, j’écris bien les Vikings.)(b).
[On the other hand, Tiahuanaco, incredible as it may seem, was built by the Vikings on (and with) the ruins of the ancient city of origin! (Yes, I write out the Vikings …)]
*Elefant has also expressed support for the theories of James Churchward and his claims relating to Mu(d).*
In a more recent offering(c) Elefant claimed that the Basques are descendants of migrants from Atlantis.
(a) https://atlantide-mu.over-blog.com/
(b) https://atlantide-mu.over-blog.com/article-mysteres-du-monde-72336522.html
(c) https://atlantide-mu.over-blog.com/2016/01/les-basques-sont-des-atlantes.html
*(d) https://atlantide-mu.over-blog.com/article-les-chinois-96867407.html*
Cabrera, Javier (L)
Javier Cabrera (1924-2001) was a respected Peruvian physician and founder of the medical school of Ica National University. Outside of Peru he is better known as the keeper of the controversial Ica Stones which he collected and studied over a forty-year period. He never wavered in his belief of their authenticity.
Ica Stones
The Ica Stones are named after a town south of Lima in Peru. They are a collection of many thousands of andesite stones that are allegedly of great antiquity that depict 
images of extinct animal species including dinosaurs. These ancient stones are also claimed to show the execution of advanced medical procedures. The late Dr. Javier Cabrera Darquea, usually referred to as Dr. Cabrera, built up a huge collection of these stones. This remarkable collection is quoted by many as ‘proof’ of advanced technology co-existing with dinosaurs. Dennis Swift has written Secrets of the Ica Stones and Nazca Lines in which he supports the authenticity of the stones, but then, Swift is a ‘young earth’ creationist and has a vested interest in claiming the co-existence of man and dinosaurs. As Carl Sagan famously said “extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence”, so Swift will need more than artefacts denounced as fakes by so many, if he wishes to overthrow long established scientific evidence regarding the millions of years that elapsed between the time of the dinosaurs and the evolution of man.
Unfortunately, a series of claims and retractions regarding the possible forging of these stones has cast such a cloud over their authenticity that they are no longer acceptable as proof of anything. Some early-date Atlantis seekers used to quote the Ica stones to support the idea of the advanced technology related by Plato existing as early as 9600 BC. Unfortunately, the questionable antiquity of the stones has barred their use in this regard.
This scepticism would appear justified when you see one of inscribed figures using a somewhat anachronistic telescope.
A balanced account of the stones can be found on the Wikipedia site(a) as well as another site(b) which has a considerable number of links.
In 1998, Vincente Paris, a Spanish investigator offered further evidence(c)condemning the stones as a hoax.
(a) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ica_stones
(b) https://pseudoarchaeology.org/b03-ross.html
(c) https://www.antiguosastronautas.com/articulos/Paris01.html (Spanish)