|Aerial view of Rock Lake.
Photo by Jack LeTourneau
Rock Lake Research Society
|Underwater structure at 20 feet, western quadrant of
Frank Joseph, 1992
|Enormous Delta Mound in Rock Lake.
Aerial photo by Jack LeTourneau
|Side scan sonar image of headless man and
turtle effigy mounds.
Frank Joseph, 1992
|WISCONSIN AND MICHIGAN BRING TO THE WORLD --
- THE COPPER AND THE BRONZE AGE - !
Mary Sutherland Copyright 2005
Millions of pounds of pure raw copper from Michigan's upper peninsula and Isle Royale was extensively mined in the time period between 3000 BC and 1200 BC. This very copper is responsible
for the Copper and Bronze Age cultures during that time. And when the mining operations ceased , so ended These Great Ages!
How far back the history of this area goes, is not known, but we can take it back to at least 3000 BC . During that era the site was called 'TYRANENA' . It seems that Tyranena was one of the
bases of operation for the early miners and traders of the Copper mined in Michigans Upper Penisula. From TYRANENA , the traders traveled down the Rock River to the Mississippi then on
down to the Gulf of Mexico . From there it was loaded and shipped across the sea. We suspect much of this copper and raw material gathered during the latter part of their time here, went for
the construction of King Solomons Temple.
Note: Lake Mills acknowledged the ancient existence of Tyranena and its people by setting aside some land for a park and naming it ' TYRANENA PARK '.
The Park is located on the north end of Rock Lake. The quiet wooded trails lead you through ancient glacial drumlin kettles and beautiful views of Rock Lake.
TIME TABLE OF THE MOUND BUILDERS AND TYRANENA
3113 B.C - 2012 A.D. According to the Mayans, our present great cycle (3113 B.C. - 2012 A.D.) is called the Age of the Fifth Sun. This time period is ruled by 4 Earth. This Fith Age e is
the synthesis of the previous four.
(See Ancient Earth Maps)
3000 B.C. Operations began at Rock Lake, known then as TYRANENA
Mining operations ceased and the TYRANENIANS left the area. Before leaving they flooded the site , leaving a lake to protect their dead left behind.
From the Yucatan and surrounding areas, up the Mississippi and to southern Illinois, Mayan miners , astronomer-priests came. They established the pyramid city of 'Cahokia" as the center for
their intercontinental copper trade. They established their point camp in the same area as the 'TYRANENIANS' . This settlement was named 'AZTALAN' -and was a smaller version of Cahokia.
The people of Aztalan leave, along with the rest of the populaton of other mound cities.
Although modern times, claims that Tyranena means 'sparkling waters' this name is very ancient and goes back to the Phoenicians and the Temple of Jerusalem through Tyre and Solomon.
Following is some Tyre trivia.
TYRE AND THE TEMPLE OF JERUSALEM
TYRE, PHOENICIA (Sour or Sur, 4th largest city of Lebanon.) It was an island in ages past. Herodotus visited Tyre during the 5th century BC and described the famous Temple of Melkart
(Heracles). Priests told him that the temple was built when Tyre was founded, 2750 BC.
. It was not until 1000 BC that the city experienced its golden age. In the 10th century BC, Hiram, king of Tyre, joined two islets by landfill. Later he extended the city further by reclaiming a
considerable area from the sea.
Eventually its colonies spread around the Mediterranean and Atlantic, bringing to the city a flourishing maritime trade.
Tyre also attracted the attention of jealous conquerors, among them Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar and Alexander the Great. Early in the 6th century BC, Nebuchadnezzar laid siege to the
walled city for thirteen years. Tyre stood firm, but it was probable that the residents of the mainland city abandoned it for the safety of the island.
Greeks attributed introduction of the alphabet to their country by CADMUS, son of a Tyrian king. The name of the continent is said to come from Europa, the sister of Cadmus.
It was Tyre's purple-dyed textiles, worn throughout the ancient world as a mark of royal rank, that brought fame and fortune to the city. One gram of pure purple dye was worth ten or twenty
grams of gold, so it is not surprising that some of the beautiful sarcophagi of the necropolis belonged to wealthy purple dye manufactures of Tyre. Tyrians extracted dye from Murex, a marine
snail that still lives along Tyre's shores deep among the rocks and sunken archeological remains. Dye extraction is no longer a viable commercial venture, but scientists have documented the
process for historical purposes. Sarafand (north of Tyre) is ancient Serepta (bible.) Excavations here revealed the remains of Canaanite-Phoenician structures and Roman port installations.
Sarafand still has a workshop where the ancient Phoenician art glass blowing is practiced.
On the road to Qana El-Jaleel, is a burial monument from the Persian period (550 - 330 BC.) This has traditionally been called the tomb of Hiram, Phoenician architect of the Temple of Jerusalem
|Rock Pyramid of Aztalan , Wisconsin
|Brief History of the Tumuli
|Watch for the Tyr Root Words!
"Battle of the Greeks and
Amazons" from a sarcophagus
from Tarquinia, now in the
Archeological Museum in
Florence. The inscription says
(Short_Scripts.html): HV TIRAI: RVI:
CVSV: ATI: NACIM LAR RIAL
Translation [ I have (L. habere; It.
avere, Fr. avoir) Tirai (Tyrsenus)
the king (L. rex, regis; It. re, Fr. roi)
of the cause (Lat. causa-ae [f]) of
Atys of the birth, born (Lat.
nascor-i) of the god (L. lar) royal
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