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Early Contact With the Americas
Controversy Surrounds Artifacts on Azores Islands: Evidence of Advanced Ancient Seafarers?
The Azores archipelago is about 1,000 miles off the coast of Europe, about a third of the way to North America across the Atlantic. The islands belong to Portugal, and the official ...
October 16, 2016
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Tara MacIsaac
Mayan Calendar Similar to Ancient Chinese: Early Contact?
Ancient Mayan and Chinese calendar systems share so many similarities, it is unlikely they developed independently, according to ...
September 7, 2016
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Tara MacIsaac
Ancient Travels to the Americas or a Modern Forgery? Who Made the Bat Creek Inscription?
A mysterious inscription on a mysterious artifact has been theorized by some to be Cherokee, Semitic, or Welsh, ...
June 1, 2016
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Natalia Klimczak
Tucson Artifacts Suggest Romans Made It to New World in 8th Century: Expert
Medieval scholar Donald Yates, Ph.D., is shedding new light on controversial artifacts found near Tuscon, Ariz., in the ...
April 9, 2016
BY
Tara MacIsaac
Exclusive: New Evidence Ancient Romans May Have Made It to Oak Island, Canada
What appears to be an ancient Roman sword has been found off the East Coast of Canada, and ...
January 20, 2016
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Tara MacIsaac
Who Made the Petroglyphs on the Mysterious Dighton Rock?
Are the symbols on the Dighton Rock Native American? Norse? Phoenician? Chinese? Portuguese? Japanese? All or none of ...
January 3, 2016
BY
Alicia McDermott
Roman Sword Discovered Near Oak Island Suggests New World Contact 1,000 Years Before Columbus
Investigators have found what is believed to be a Roman shipwreck of the coast of Canada, suggesting the ...
December 21, 2015
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April Holloway
Possible Ancient Chinese Disk Strangely Found in a Kentucky Garden
What may be an ancient Chinese artifact mysteriously appeared in a small garden next to a pond, on ...
October 1, 2015
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Jon R. Haskell
Experts Divided on Native American Origins
Did a single wave of migration people the Americas, or have there been many expeditions from many cultures ...
August 20, 2015
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Tara MacIsaac
Could Ancient Greek Myths Hint at Contact With South America?
The ancient Greek myth of Cadmus battling a snake could be an allegory for the discovery of the ...
August 18, 2015
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Tara MacIsaac
Genetic Studies Link Indigenous Peoples in the Amazon and Australasia (+Video)
A Harvard Medical School study is reshaping our understanding of how the indigenous people arrived in the Americas. ...
August 13, 2015
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Stephanie Dutchen
Scholars Analyze Evidence Ancient Chinese Explored America
The findings could radically change world history. Some experts are excited, others scathingly criticize Ruskamp's work.
August 13, 2015
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Tara MacIsaac
Chinese Sword Found in Georgia Suggests Pre-Columbian Chinese Travel to North America
Did the Chinese beat Christopher Columbus to the New World by many, many centuries?
July 6, 2015
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Jon R. Haskell
Ancient Greek Legend Seems to Describe a Place in Peru: Early Contact?
Hesiod's description of the ancient Greek dwelling place of gorgons seems to match the mysterious labyrinth ruins of ...
May 19, 2015
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Tara MacIsaac
Inscriptions on Uruguay Coast Suggest West Africans Beat Columbus to Americas
Do inscriptions on the coast of Uruguay tell of an expedition that could dramatically change history books?
May 19, 2015
BY
Tara MacIsaac
New Evidence Ancient Chinese Explorers Landed in America Excites Experts
Will the history books change? Evidence suggests the Chinese got to America before the Europeans.
May 7, 2015
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Tara MacIsaac
3 Distinguished Linguists Examine Mysterious Origin of Native Americans
Who peopled the New World, and when? Native American origins aren't so clear-cut, some experts say, citing genetic ...
January 21, 2015
BY
Tara MacIsaac
Similar Backward Characters in Ancient Chinese, Native American Cultures
Are you moving forward or backward in life? Some ancient cultures had figures that literally moved backward to ...
January 6, 2015
BY
Tara MacIsaac
Did the Ancient Chinese Make Contact With Native Americans?
Some researchers say that puzzling artifacts, as well as the results of recent DNA studies performed on Native ...
December 4, 2014
BY
Tara MacIsaac
Turkey’s President: Muslims Discovered Americas
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is claiming that Muslim sailors reached the Americas more than 300 years before ...
November 16, 2014
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Deb Riechmann
New Research Suggests Early Contact Between Easter Island and Americas
People may have been making their way from Easter Island to the Americas well before the Dutch commander ...
November 7, 2014
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April Holloway
Anomalous Native American DNA: New Tests Show Middle East Origins?
Dr. Donald Yates found what he sees as strong evidence that Cherokee Native Americans have Middle Eastern ancestry—ancestry ...
October 26, 2014
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Tara MacIsaac
Similar Petroglyphs in Israel, America Reveal Ancient Global Language?
In Israel's Negev desert and in the American Southwest similar petroglyphs have been found, according to archaeologist Dr. ...
September 17, 2014
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Tara MacIsaac
Geneticist Traces Mysterious Origins of Native Americans to Middle East, Ancient Greece
The idea that Native Americans are descended from ancient Jews, Egyptians, or Greeks has been a controversial one ...
August 1, 2014
BY
Tara MacIsaac
America’s Stonehenge May Be 4,000 Years Old—Did Celts Build It?
Did ancient Europeans make it to America long before known Viking excursions? Here's a look at the controversial ...
May 15, 2014
BY
Tara MacIsaac
Curious History: Ancient Egyptians May Have Traded With the New World
Other nations, including the Vikings, Chinese, and ancient Egyptians, may have visited the Americas hundreds of years before ...
November 13, 2013
BY
Paul Darin
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