“Latín” rock scripts in Canary Islands are ancient Iberian inscriptions (Iberian-Guanche) A story of forgotten genetics, scripts, pyramids and other prehistoric artifacts

Abstract

Latin" rock scripts were discovered 30 years ago in Lanzarote and Fuerteventura Islands (Canary Islands). However, they are an incised linear writing which lacks Q, H, P and T frequent Latin letters and translation into Latin has not been possible. A transcription and a translation hypothesis was proposed long ago because scripts were almost identical to those of the Iberian semi-syllabary which was used in Iberia and France during first millennium BC; "Latin" scripts were named "Iberian-Guanche" and were mostly religious and funerary. This type of lineal incise writing is present in all seven Canary Islands and they may have been unnoticed because all other islands except Lanzarote and Fuerteventura are humid and covered by vegetation. This type of linear writings are, like Iberian, similar to Runes (Atlantic and Central Europe),Old Italian scripts (Raetian, Venetic, Lepontic, Etruscan) and Sitovo and Gradeshnistsa scripts (Bulgaria, 5 th millennium BC). Language behind Iberian-Guanche scripts might be related to both Berber and Old Basque languages. People who wrote "Iberian-Guanche" inscriptions seem to be Canary Island inhabitants and not visitors. Genes (people) of present and past Canary Islanders are difficult only to assign to North Africa because gene flow between North Africa and Iberia existed in prehistoric times and it is difficult to distinguish Iberian and North African with Canarian gene profiles. Genetics by itself is not sufficient for relating people or specific for geography, this is firmly demonstrated for mitochondrial genes. Linguistics, Culture, and Archaeology are necessary to interpret population genetics data. Extant pyramids in North Africa, Western Sahara and possibly Tenerife, existence of prehistoric artifacts and rock calendars ("Quesera"/Cheeseborad lunisolar calendar at Lanzarote and others at Gran Canaria Island) and presence of Cart-Ruts on Lanzarote volcano tops, may indicate an older date for Canarian prehistory than that of Punic/Roman presence. Finally Canarian prehistoric findings have been long neglected and forgotten but a common Iberian-Guanche rock writing culture existed in Canary Islands.

Research Report: The Rock of the Dead: new “Latin” or “Iberian-Guanche” Inscriptions found in Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain)

“…The same Iberian scripts were found in engraved rocks of Fuerteventura and Lanzarote, the Canaries' easternmost islands (Ulbricht 1990;Pichler 1995;. They were thought to be Latin but the inscriptions lack the following letters: C, Q, H, P, T, which are fundamental for the Latin writing (Ulbricht 1990;Pichler 2003;Arnaiz-Villena et al 1999, 2001, 2019b. In addition, no translation has been possible from Latin, except when Iberian semi-syllabary was used 2019b); https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File%3AIberian-Guanche_inscriptions.pdf&page=1).…”

“…Signs that may be distinguish by using Iberian semi-syllabary (Arnaiz-Villena et al 2019b;Gómez-Moreno 1949;1962).…”

“…Transcription hypothesis by using ancient Iberian semi-syllabary (Arnaiz-Villena et al 2019b;Gomez-Moreno 1949;1962 being used at least one millennium before (Arribas 1976). Other sings may have a meaning that we will study further to propose a complete translation in another study.…”

“…They were thought to be Latin but the inscriptions lack the following letters: C, Q, H, P, T, which are fundamental for the Latin writing (Ulbricht 1990;Pichler 2003;Arnaiz-Villena et al 1999, 2001, 2019b. In addition, no translation has been possible from Latin, except when Iberian semi-syllabary was used 2019b); https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File%3AIberian-Guanche_inscriptions.pdf&page=1). On the other hand, Latin inscriptions have also been found in El Hierro (Nowak 1994) Gomera (Navarro 1996) and La Palma (Pais 2008(Pais , 2010 in http://www.cabildodelanzarote.com/patrimonio/VIIcongreso/ponencias/jueves/Las%20inter venciones%20rupestres%20de%20los%20benahoaritas.%20Jorge%20Pais.pdf).…”

“…In the westernmost Canary Islands, especially at the North coast, where is wet and cloudy, most rocks are covered with a thick patina formed by lichens and moss hindering their visual detection / recognition. In Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, which are much dryer islands, these marks are easier to locate (Arnaiz-Villena & Alonso-Garcia 2001;Arnaiz-Villena et al 2019b).…”