The Georgia Guidestones, also known as the American Stonehenge, was a granite monument located in Elbert County, Georgia, United States. Erected in 1980, the monument consists of a set of large standing stones with engraved messages written in multiple languages. Construction. In June 1979, a man using the pseudonym Robert C. Christian approached the Elberton Granite Finishing Company on behalf of “a small group of loyal Americans”, and commissioned the structure.

He said that no one was to ever know his true identity or that of the group that he was representing. He seemed to have an endless supply of money to fund the project and by the terms of the legal contract all plans had to be destroyed after completion and all information about him withheld from the public.

In 1980, the stones were finished. They carry a tablet in front proclaiming, “Let these be guidestones to an Age of Reason.” Engraved in the stones are ten guidelines meant to re-establish the planet and society, perhaps after an apocalypse. They are written in eight different languages, English, Spanish, Swahili, Hindi, Hebrew, Arabic, Chinese and Russian, and among other commandments preach to:

The Guidestones consist of four main granite slabs, standing upright, supporting a capstone on top. The monument features ten guidelines or principles written on the stones in eight different languages: English, Spanish, Swahili, Hindi, Hebrew, Arabic, Chinese, and Russian. These principles outline a set of values and aspirations for humanity.

The specific messages written on the Georgia Guidestones are as follows:

1. Maintain humanity under 500,000,000 in perpetual balance with nature.
2. Guide reproduction wisely, improving fitness and diversity.
3. Unite humanity with a living new language.
4. Rule passion, faith, tradition, and all things with tempered reason.
5. Protect people and nations with fair laws and just courts.
6. Let all nations rule internally, resolving external disputes in a world court.
7. Avoid petty laws and useless officials.
8. Balance personal rights with social duties.
9. Prize truth, beauty, love, seeking harmony with the infinite.
10. Be not a cancer on the earth—leave room for nature—leave room for nature.

The Georgia Guidestones have attracted intrigue and speculation due to the mystery surrounding their origin and purpose. The identity of the person or group behind the construction of the monument remains unknown, as the individual or organization responsible used a pseudonym when commissioning the project. The stones have also faced occasional acts of vandalism and controversy over the years.

Despite the controversy, the Georgia Guidestones continue to stand as a unique landmark, with their messages provoking discussions and interpretations about humanity’s future and the relationship between society and the environment.

The guidestones also served as an astronomical calendar, and every day at noon the sun shone through a narrow hole in the structure and illuminated the day’s date on an engraving.

The names of four ancient languages were inscribed on the sides near the top:

1. 1. 1. Babylonian cuneiform,
2. Classical Greek,
3. Sanskrit, and
4. Egyptian Hieroglyphics.

Additionally an instructional tablet at the site described a time capsule buried underneath the surface, though the dates on which the capsule was buried and when it is to be re-opened are missing. Whether this is intentional or the capsule was never buried is unknown.

 

 

The messages on the Georgia Guidestones are written in eight different languages. 

English

Spanish

Swahili

Hindi

Hebrew

Arabic

Chinese

Russian

These languages were chosen to represent a diverse range of linguistic traditions and cultural backgrounds. The intention behind using multiple languages was likely to ensure broader accessibility and global understanding of the messages inscribed on the monument.

The guidestones continue to be a point of controversy. Conspiracy theorists and fundamentalists believe them to be the work of Satanists or the New World Order–fueled particularly by certain commandments such as “Guide reproduction wisely–improving fitness and diversity” which can be ominously interpreted–and the guidestones have been seriously vandalized by such conspiracy theorists. Among these conspiracy theorists was 2022 Georgia Republican gubernatorial candidate Kandiss Taylor, who promised to demolish the monument as part of her campaign. Others believed them to be a message of wise prophecy, possibly the work of an eccentric man of science. 

LOCALS BLAME CONSPIRACY THEORIES FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF THE STONES.

Headlines around the world blamed conspirators for blowing up the stones.  Yet no one person or group has come forward to take responsibility. 

For more than four decades the Georgia Guidestones served as an unusual rural roadside attraction and a testament to the region’s granite industry. Around 4 a.m. on July 6, someone placed an explosive device at the base of the granite monument just outside of town and demolished one of the 19-foot-tall slabs. For safety reasons, the rest soon followed.

According to surveillance footage, a sharp explosion occurred at the Guidestones shortly after 4 am local time on Wednesday, July 6.

The footage shows the bottom half of one of the granite panels shattering, sending debris flying across the field for several meters.

A short time later on a separate security camera, a silver sedan was seen leaving the remote location as the panel collapsed entirely, leaving a cloud of dust in its wake.

Shortly after the explosion, the Elberton Granite Association, which maintains the stones, had estimated the repair bill would cost hundreds of thousands of dollars.

But authorities ultimately deemed the site a safety risk, and knocked down the remaining granite slabs shortly after finalising their investigation at the scene.