The Ica Stones are a collection of over 15,000 engraved stones found in Ica, Peru. The stones depict a variety of images, including dinosaurs, advanced medical procedures, and ancient civilizations. The stones have been the subject of much debate and speculation, with some believing them to be
The Ica stones are a collection of andesite stones with engraved motifs created as a work of art in the 1960s by Peruvian farmer Basilio Uschuya and others in the Ica Province. The artifacts, many of which notably depict non-avian dinosaurs and modern technology in a style imitating Mesoamerican art, were originally sold as having genuine pre-Columbian origin, before Uschuya and other farmers admitted to having created them for profit, leading some to describe the stones as hoaxes.