Section I, Fauna and Flora: Horses in America before Columbus / Dr. Steven E. Jones ; Plants connect the old and new worlds / Dr. Carl L. Johannessen ; Egyptian-style cat burial in Illinois / Professor Julia Patterson ; Eyewitness engravings of ancient American mammoths / Frank Joseph -- Section II, Natural wealth: Who were the oil tycoons of pre-Columbian Pennsylvania? / Thomas Anderton ; An ancient Mexican pyramid's liquid mercury / Frank Joseph ; First copper workshop discovered / Wayne N. May ; Michigan's Copper Barons left their fingerprints on Greenland ice / Rick Osmon -- Section III, Underwater discoveries: Drowned village of the ancient copper miners / Wayne N. May ; Sunken civilization found off Oregon? / Professor Julia Patterson ; The walls in the lake / Andrew E. Rothovious -- Section IV, Artifacts of Transoceanic contact: Mexico's "new" crystal skull / Frank Joseph ; Ancient Greek coin found in western Missouri / Dr. Cyclone Covey ; A gnostic presence in Prehistoric Michigan / Steven A. Wilden ; Ancient Kelts in Lake Michigan? / M.T. Bussey ; Ancient old world axes in pre-Columbian America / J.S. Wakefield -- Section V, Sites: America's oldest rock art / Wayne N. May ; Wisconsin effgy mounds / Andrew E. Rothovious ; Ancient Americans to Easter Island / Professor Julia Patterson ; The great stone faces of Peru / Frank Joseph ; Lake Michigan stonehenge / M.T. Bussey ; Georgia's ancient city of shells / Gary C. Daniels ; Mexico's Keltic cross / Dr. Cisco Drake -- Section VI, The first Americans: East meets west in Ice Age America / Dr. Cyclone Covey ; The lost white race of Peru / Patrick Chouinard ; Topper beats Siberians to America by 36,500 years / Wayne N. May ; Clovis bone of contention / Professor Julia Patterson ; America's stone age Europeans / Mark R. Eddy -- Section VII, Giants: When giants ruled America / James Vieira ; The New York giants / Fritz Zimmerman ; A giant problem for Orthodox scholars / Jason Jarrell and Sarah Farmer ; Mexico's lost city of giants / James Vieira -- Section VIII, Norse: Transatlantic navigators / Frank Joseph ; How the Northmen colonized Canada / Dr. Cyclone Covey ; A Viking longship in Onario / Jennifer Robbins-Mullin -- Section IX, Maya: Atlanto-Lemurian echoes / Frank Josehp ; Mesoamericans in California / Andrew E. Rothovious -- Section X, Pre-Columbian Asians: Cambodia's Machu Picchu / Bruce Cunningham ; Ancient Chinese sword found in Georgia / Jon R. Haskell -- Section XI, Updates: Rhode Island's 14th-century tower / Gunnar Thompson, PhD ; "The lost civilizations of North America" debate / Rick Osmon ; King Arthur's American colony / Gunnar Thompson, phD
Summary:
Engaging and enlightening, this book presents new evidence of transoceanic visitors to America, hundreds, even thousands, of years before the time of European exploration.
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