{"id":21644,"date":"2013-07-29T08:35:00","date_gmt":"2013-07-29T07:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/?p=21644"},"modified":"2026-10-05T17:37:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T16:37:11","slug":"fuente-magna-bowl-n","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/fuente-magna-bowl-n\/","title":{"rendered":"Fuente Magna Bowl"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Fuente-Magna\"<\/a>The<\/b> Fuente Magna Bowl <\/b>is an unprovenanced object said to have been found near Lake Titicaca<\/a> in Bolivia<\/a>. It has been promoted as a possible pre-Columbian artefact bearing cuneiform-like signs, but both its authenticity and the proposed Sumerian<\/a> reading are disputed.<\/p>\n

It is claimed that thermoluminescence dating has shown the object to be quite ancient and not a forgery. The same site(a)<\/sup> quotes at length a translation of the text by Clyde Winters<\/a>, but a German website(b)<\/sup> denounces his translation as nonsense, although it accepts that the Bowl as genuine. Another site(c)<\/sup> offers a selection of detailed images of the Bowl.<\/p>\n

Carl Feagans’ website(f)<\/sup>\u00a0is equally critical of Winters’ ‘translation’ and raises a number of questions regarding the authenticity of the artefact.<\/p>\n

April Holloway offered an overview of the controversy relating to the Fuente Magna Bowl on the Ancient Origins<\/em> website, concluding quite reasonably, that further objective linguistic research could bring the debate to a conclusion(g)<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

Jim Allen<\/a> and his supporters have sought to link the Bowl with the theory of Atlantis in the Andes(d)<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

The bad archaeology <\/em>website has a reasonably balanced article(e)<\/sup> on the bowl which should be read.<\/p>\n

Michel Leygues has published(h)<\/sup> his study of the Fuente Magna Bowl in which he endeavours to demonstrate the relationship between Sumerian, Akkadian, Aymara and Quechua. Unfortunately, so far it is only available in French.<\/p>\n

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(a) <\/sup>https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20110727221012\/http:\/\/www.world-mysteries.com\/sar_8.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

(b)<\/sup>\u00a0See: https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20180418030709\/https:\/\/www.palaeoseti.de\/doku.php\/suedamerika\/fuente_magna<\/a><\/p>\n

(c) <\/sup>See: https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20160613101558\/https:\/\/www.faculty.ucr.edu\/~legneref\/biados\/fuentmag.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

(d)<\/sup> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20200704031245\/http:\/\/www.atlantisbolivia.org\/boliviaandthesumerianconnection.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

(e)<\/sup> https:\/\/badarchaeology.wordpress.com\/tag\/fuente-magna-bowl\/<\/a><\/p>\n

(f)<\/sup> https:\/\/ahotcupofjoe.net\/2017\/11\/fuente-magna-bowl-not-cuneiform-not-sumerian\/<\/a><\/p>\n

(g) <\/sup>Fuente Magna, the Controversial Rosetta Stone of the Americas | Ancient Origins (ancient-origins.net)<\/a><\/p>\n

(h)<\/sup> Les signes du vase Fuente Magna : recherche d&#039;une parent\u00e9 entre sum\u00e9rien et akkadien d&#039;une part, aymara et quechua d&#039;autre part. (calameo.com)<\/a> (French)\u00a0*<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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