’Ancient America Lost History and Legends, Unearthed and Explored Edited by Frank Joseph With Contributions from Zechariah Sitchin, Wayne May, Andrew Collins, David Hatcher Laura Lee, and Others H Discovering the Mysteries An c i e n t America Lost History and Legends, Unearthed and Explored NOV 2007 r ' I Discovering the Mysteries 0/Ancient America Lost History and Legends, Unearthed and Explored Edited by Frank Joseph With Contributions From Zecharia Sitchin, Wayne May, Andrew Collins, David Hatcher Childress, Laura Lee, and Others New Page Books A division of The Career Press, Inc. Franklin Lakes, NJ Copyright© 2006 by Frank Joseph All rights reserved under the Pan-American and International Copyright Conventions. 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North America—Antiquities. 1 . Joseph, Frank. II. Sitchin, Zecharia. E98.T73D57 2006 970.01 -dc22 2005050473 Contents Introduction: America B.C.: Before Columbus by Frank Joseph, Editor, Ancient American Chapter 1 : Bucking the Archaeological Establishment 15 C- 1 4 Testing Proves America’s Real Age 15 Americas 1st Civilization: Older Than Believed Possible by Zechariah Sitchin ~j j Kennewick Man 20 Kennewick Man: Still Politically Incorrect After Nine Thousand Years by James J. Daly, Sr, Ph.D. 21 Tablets: Hoax or History? 28 The Michigan Tablets: An Archaeological Scandal by J. Golden Barton & Wayne May 29 Human History’s New Face 36 Humans in America One-Quarter ofa Million Years Ago by Dr. Virginia Steen-Mclntyre 37 New Evidence of Early Man 49 No More Clovis Moses by Marc Roland 49 Chapter 2: Ancient Technology 55 Egyptian Influence on America 3 5 Super Science From Pharaonic Egypt to Pre-Spanish Peru by Laura Lee 56 1 OO-Year-Old artifact Still Unidentified 63 The Bell and Hammer: Two “Impossible” Finds by Dennis Ballard 63 Bermuda Triangle Reveals Ancient Roots 65 Did Ancient Americans Know About the “Bermuda Triangle ’? by Carl P. Munck 66 Calendar Stone 67 The Aztec “Vessel of Time” by Frank Joseph 68 ? Niebra Disc Proves Evidence of Pre-Columbus Explorers 83 Germany’s Bronze Age Disc: A Transatlantic Device by Dr. R.M. de Jonge & J.S. Wakefield 84 Chapter 3: Lost Races 89 Mysterious City in Cuban Waters 89 Was Atlantis in Cuba? by Andrew Collins 90 Ancient Graveyard 97 Americas Oldest Cemetery: The Copper Miners’ Graveyard by Wayne May 98 Alaska’s Mummy People 1 02 The Caucasian Mummy People ofiAlaska by PS. Pettyjohn 103 Mysterious Indigenous People 1 06 Who Were the “Western Whites”? by William M. Donato 1 06 Giant Bears 1 07 Giant Bears Terrorized Ancient America by Dr. E.J. Neiburger 108 ? Michigan’s Mysterious Past 112 The Vanished Builders ofBronze Age Michigan by DanielJ. Wood 113 Chapter 4: Pre-Columbian Visitors From the Pacific 125 Maya Pyraminds 125 Searchingfor a Maya Pyramid in Java by David Hatcher Childress 126 Chinese Treasure 133 Ancient Chinese Gold in California by Arthur D. Palmer 134 Mysterious Bear Statue 136 Washington State’s Mystery Beast by Gary L. Wilson 136 Corn Links 2 Worlds 138 Seeds of Paradise by Gunnar Thompson, Ph.D. 138 Chapter 5: The Vikings Have Landed! 155 NEWPORT TOWER 1 5 5 The Newport Tower: Colonial Mill or Viking Lighthouse by Paul H. Chapman 156 Maine Coon Cat 162 The Viking Cat That Discovered America by Frank Joseph 163 Runestone Hoaxes 165 The Kensington and Heavener Runestone Hoaxes by Dr. J.D. Haines, M.D. 166 15th Century Runestone 172 Minnesota’s Runestone Is Authenticated by Harold Blauzahn 173 Heavener Runstone 178 Oklahoma’s Giant Runestone by Dr. Cyclone Covey 179 Chapter 6: East meets west in Ancient America 185 Drugs in Ancient America 185 They Camefor the Cocaine byA.J. Julius 185 Egyptians in Pre-Columbian America 188 Point: No Egyptians in Ancient America by Eric Lurio 189 Egyptians on American Shores 193 Counterpoint: Egypt’s Role in Ancient America by Gunnar Thompson, Ph.D. 193 ? ? 1 41 Waubansee Sculpture 200 Chicago’s Great Stone Face by FrankJoseph 2 0 Chapter 7: Out of Africa 209 Did West Africans Precede the Spaniards to America? 209 Ancient Americans: Red or Black by Willard P. Leutze 210 Terra-Cotta Heads 212 West Africans'in Prehistoric Mexico by Diane Wirth 2 2 Human Head Sculptures 2 1 The Great Stone Heads Speak by Frank Joseph 2 1 Chapter 8: Pre-Columbian Europeans on Our Shores 223 Mural Questions King’s History 223 Was King Arthur Murdered in America by James Michael 223 Language of the Dark Ages 224 The Lost Ancient Irish Inscription ofKentucky by M.C. Edwards 225 Europeans in West Virginia 227 An 8th Century Irishman Visited West Virginia by Robert L. Pyle 228 Knights Templar 230 Knights Templars in the New World by Michael Kaidback 230 Lamps From Prehistoric Times 234 Mediterranean Lamps: Anomalies of the Midwest by Wayne May 235 Roman Treasure Unearthed 238 Wisconsin’s Roman Coins by Dr. James P. Scherz 239 Roman Influence in America 246 Roman Relics Found in Arizona by Earl Koenig 246 Minoan Civilization 258 Maine Minoans by Frank Joseph and Wayne May 258 Conclusion 263 Index 265 Bibliography 271 About the Author 287 4 Introduction America b.c.: Before Columbus by Frank Joseph, Editor, AncientAmerican Ancient American is a unique publication; since publisher Wayne May founded it in 1993, this popular science magazine has released more than 72 issues presenting unconventional conclusions backed up by often startling discoveries that question established theories about America’s past. A free-forum, bi-monthly periodical, Ancient American features the research of university-trained professionals and avocational enthusiasts alike. Between them, a new vision of our continent, radically at odds with mainstream archaeology, is beginning to emerge. 13 14 Discovering the Mysteries of Ancient America Ancient American shows that, contrary to prevailing wisdom, the vast oceans were not impassable barriers to human beings in the deep past, but rather highways that carried them to America from many parts of the globe. AncientAmerican alone describes overseas’ visitors centuries and even millennia before the arrival of Christopher Columbus. Time has worn, not erased, the impact made on our shores by ancient Egyptians, Minoans, Phoenicians, Greeks, Hebrews, and Romans. They were followed by Welsh rovers, Viking warriors, Irish missionaries, and even the Knights Templar. Sailors from the great kingdoms of West Africa braved mid-ocean crossings to leave their enduring mark on Mexico’s oldest known civilization. Culture-bearers, merchants, explorers, and refugees came from Japan, China, India, and Java. Their influences still echo in the oral traditions of Native Americans themselves and are physically brought to light in numerous artifacts. Apparently, America was a meltingpot long before the Statue of Liberty was set up at Liberty Island. Discovering the Mysteries ofAncient America is a selection of some of the best articles appearing in AncientAmerican magazine since its inception 1 2 years ago. Although the authors mostly emphasize the contributions of overseas visitors to our continent before Columbus, contrary views are included, allowing for a lively debate, as engaging as it is provocative. But this collection does not focus exclusively on cultural diffusion; Old World influences at work in the New World before 1492 are also prevalent. It also plunges into arguments about the official suppression of politically incorrect evidence; the paradigm-smashing discovery of a 9,000-year-old Caucasian skeleton in Washington state; physical evidence of a lost super-science; proof of a far deeper antiquity of mankind in the Americas going back a quarter-of-a-million years; late word on the sunken civilizations of Atlantis and Lemuria; and the giant beasts that challenged our ancestors with extinction. These controversies are not openly discussed in the polite society of Establishment archaeology. The history presently being taught in our schools will not be the same history our children and grandchildren will learn. As such, Discovering the Mysteries ofAncient America represents the first chapter in the New History of our land. : Chapter 1 Bucking the Archaeological Establishment C-14 Testing Proves America’s Zechariah Sitchin is internationally famous for his controversial books describing the origins of man and civilization. The Lost Realms, Genesis Revisited, and Cosmic Code are read in trans- lated editions around the world, and he has appeared in numerous television documentaries dealing with alternative science. Born in Russia, Mr. Sitchin was raised in Palestine, and he graduated from the University of London with a degree in economic history. He worked for years as a journalist and editor in Israel before settling in New York.