The World's Largest Stone Sphere is Evidence of a Lost Ancient Civilization

It's Probably True, Honestly

Based on the perfection and grit of the spheres found in Costa Rica, it was likely that each of these stones was painstakingly handmade to show respect to a religious deity, or as a status symbol. It is theorized, by both the locals and Dr. Hoopes, that if you owned a stone sphere, you were considered to be closer to God, as well as more important than those around you. Dr. Sam Semir Osmanagich did not agree with this information though, and he slandered Dr. Hoopes for his realistic theory that countered his own...

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