Ica is a city where you can find a lot of unusual. It may sometimes seem that this is sort of capital of magic in Peru with its unsolved ancient riddles, mystical signs, and witches. All here, in the city of Ica.

You can get a closer look at one of the key elements of the ancient history of Ica, its black stones, in the Cabrera Museum created by Dr. Cabrera in the 1960s.

When you get into the exhibition hall of this unusual museum, you may start wondering what is so special about it. Countless shelves display black stones ranging from the smallest to the largest. Each has something painted on it. Are those exhibits? Yes, the black stones are one of the mysteries of the history of Ica.

Dr. Cabrera was collecting his extraordinary collection for several decades. These stones are engraved with drawings that cast significant doubt on the hypothesis of the evolution of humankind, long supported by scientists.

What is painted on these stones? The least expected plots. Here are people hunting a dinosaur. And here, they perform complicated heart surgery. Here is the heart itself, depicted in all the details, and the human body with clearly marked blood vessels.

The first stones were found in Peru in 1570, and it was at that time that they were first mentioned in the historical literature. After that, information about them appears in rare scattered sources, which prevents us from accurately dating the time of their origin.

Today, many scholars consider the black Ica stones to be a skillful fake, which has nothing to do with ancient civilizations. Supporters of unconventional theories, on the contrary, study these artifacts in earnest, trying to build a logical chain of events to unveil the past of humankind.

You can see these unique stones in their huge amount only in this museum, which is now managed by Dr. Cabrera’s son, an equally keen collector and researcher.