Red Bird Petroglyph Stone
Location: Near Red Bird River and Manchester, Kentucky
Description: The website “The Red Bird Petroglyph of Kentucky; Evidence of Ancient Cultures in the Americas” states the following regarding this large stone:
“There is ample evidence that the ancient cultures were able to traverse the oceans and travel throughout the world. However, not only the specific details, but even the very existence of these voyages have been generally lost to history. Today we are fortunate that some evidence remains. One example is a stone with inscriptions of ancient European, Mediterranean, and Middle Eastern languages; this stone was found on a river in the state of Kentucky in the United States. A similar artifact was also found in West Virginia.”
A sign that resides next to the stone notes:
“This is the famous Red Bird Petroglyph known since pioneer days and enrolled on the National Register of Historic Sites. On December 7, 1994, this historic stone fell from a sandstone cliff and rolled onto Highway 66 on Lower Red Bird. On December 9, 1994, it was transported here and set up in its home. At least 8 Old World alphabets are engraved on it. These alphabets were extinct when Columbus arrived in the New World in 1492. The alphabets are first century Greek and Hebrew, Old Libyan, Old Arabic and Iberian-Punic which probably dates from the 9th century B.C. Ogam, Germanic Runes, and Tiffinag-Numidian are also on this stone. Of all the hundreds of important, translatable, and published inscriptions in the U.S.A, this is the first one to have been given official protection. Clay County and the City of Manchester have granted protection to this Stone. In doing so, they have obtained a good name and public esteem worldwide.”
Another sign that resides at the rock gives the following translations for the inscriptions on the rock:
“First Century Christian monogram in Hebrew and Greek letters. It means “Jesus Christ Son of the Father.” “
“An Ogam rebus in the Gaelic language it means, “THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD“. “
The Red Bird Petroglyph stone currently resides at the Rawlings-Stinson city park in Manchester, Kentucky.
