This stone was found in East
Tennessee, approximately 40
years ago. As you can see there
is some kind of carving on the
stone. The carving covers the
top of the stone as well as
wrapping around the side. The
Person who found the stone years
ago said when he found it he was
curious as to what might be
inside of it. The result of his
curiosity was that he broke the
stone in half (You can see the
crack in this photo running
vertically.)
When the
stone was broken in half he discovered a hollow spot in the center of the
stone that was filled with some kind of powder.
As you can see in
this photo, the stone had at one time been cut in half (note the seam
running horizontally). He was told by someone that this was a carved stone
which had been put in sand, and by rubbing a grapevine in a sawing motion
(as using a hand saw) that the stone was cut in half. Later it was
reassemble with some type substance they used similar to today's mortar.
One theory was that the ashes
possibly of a small child had
been placed inside of the stone
and sealed again. I would
appreciate any ideas anyone has
about this stone
