The Secrets of Ancient America : Archaeoastronomy and the Legacy of the Phoenicians, Celts, and Other Forgotten Explorers

"The real history of the New World and the visitors, from both East and West, who traveled to the Americas long before 1492. Provides more than 300 photographs and drawings, including Celtic runes in New England, Gaelic inscriptions in Colorado, and Asian symbols in the West. Reinterprets many archaeological finds, such as the Ohio Serpent Mound. Reveals Celtic, Hebrew, Roman, early Christian, Templar, Egyptian, Chinese, and Japanese influences in North American artifacts and ruins. As the myth of Columbus 'discovering' America falls from the pedestal of established history, we are given the opportunity to discover the real story of the New World and the visitors, from both East and West, who traveled there long before 1492. Sharing his more than 25 years of research and travel to sites throughout North America, Carl Lehrburger employs epigraphy, archaeology, and archaeoastronomy to reveal extensive evidence for pre-Columbian explorers in ancient America. He provides more than 300 photographs and drawings of sites, relics, and rock art, including Celtic and Norse runes in New England, Phoenician and Hebrew inscriptions in the Midwest, and ancient Shiva linga and Egyptian hieroglyphs in the West. He uncovers the real story of Columbus and his motives for coming to the Americas. He reinterprets many well-known archaeological and astronomical finds, such as the Ohio Serpent Mound, America's Stonehenge in New Hampshire, and the Crespi Collection in Ecuador. He reveals Celtic, Hebrew, Roman, early Christian, Templar, Egyptian, Chinese, and Japanese influences in famous stones and ruins, reconstructing the record of what really happened on the American continents prior to Columbus. He also looks at Hindu influences in Mesoamerica and sacred sexuality encoded in archaeological sites. Expanding upon the work of well-known diffusionists such as Barry Fell and Gunnar Thompson, the author documents the travels and settlements of trans-Atlantic and trans-Pacific explorers, miners, and settlers who made it to the Americas and left their marks for us to discover. Interpreting their sacred symbols, he shows how their teachings, prayers, and cosmologies reveal the cosmic order and sacred landscape of the Americas"-- Provided by publisher For Many Years, Anthropologists Have Understood The Zuni Indians Of The American Southwest To Occupy A Special Place In Native American Culture And Ethnography. Their Language, Religion, And Blood Type Are Startlingly Different From All Other Tribes. What Is Most Puzzling, However, Is The Fact The Zuni Appear To Have Much In Common With The People Of Japan. In This Book, Dr. Nancy Yaw Davis Examines The Evidence Underscoring The Zuni Enigma - A Theory, She Suggests, With A Thousand Themes. In A Meticulous Piece Of Detection And Scholarship, Davis Describes The Circumstances That May Have Led Japanese On A Religious Quest, Perhaps Searching For The Legendary Middle World Of Buddhism, Across The Pacific And To The American Southwest More Than Seven Hundred Years Ago - One Of The Most Astonishing Examples Of Transoceanic Human Mobility In History.--jacket. Foreword / Edmund J. Ladd -- Portrait Of A Pueblo -- Search For The Middle Of The World -- Links Across The Desert -- Coasts And Currents -- Ships And Shoals -- Teeth And Bones, Blood And Disease -- Words And Wanderers -- Kinship And Kachinas: Cultural Consequences Of Social Mergers -- Cosmology And Religion: Kokko And Kami -- The Chrysanthemum And The Sword Revisited. By Nancy Yaw Davis. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 267-294) And Index. "For many years, anthropologists have understood the Zuni Indians of the American Southwest to occupy a special place in Native American culture and ethnography. Their language, religion, and blood type are startlingly different from all other tribes. What is most puzzling, however, is the fact the Zuni appear to have much in common with the people of Japan.". "In this book, Dr. Nancy Yaw Davis examines the evidence underscoring the Zuni enigma - " a theory," she suggests, "with a thousand themes." In a meticulous piece of detection and scholarship, Davis describes the circumstances that may have led Japanese on a religious quest, perhaps searching for the legendary "middle world" of Buddhism, across the Pacific and to the American Southwest more than seven hundred years ago - one of the most astonishing examples of transoceanic human mobility in history."--BOOK JACKET. Introduction : Challenging Long-Held Views Two Stories of Columbus American History ABC The Stars and the Stones Celtic New England They Settled in Mesoamerica Sacred Sexuality at the Pathfinder Site Equinox Sunrise : Celtic Sun Deities in Colorado Old World Cosmologies at the Anubis Caves More Celtic America Westward to a Dwelling Place of a Great Spirit Mojave North II : Did They Come across the Pacific? The Great Basin Melting Pot Midwest Relics, Mounds, and Controversies Hebrews, Romans, and Early Christians More to Learn about Ancient America The Legecy of the Conquest Awakening a New History. Argues that the Zuni Indians of New Mexico exhibit unique cultural, linguistic, and biological traits due to the merging of Native Americans and Japanese settlers into one tribe in the mid-1300s. Centered in a broad, arid but colorful valley between mesas in northern New Mexico lies what the A:shiwi people call Itiwanna, "the Middle of the World," place of the Pueblo of Zuni.