Secrets of Ancient America · Archaeoastronomy and the Legacy of the Phoenicians, Celts, and Other Forgotten Explorers by Lehrburger, Carl -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Title Page Epigraph Acknowledgments Table of Contents Introduction: Challenging Long-Held Views

THE HEART OF THE MATTER THE OLD HISTORY: ARE WE LIVING IN FLATLAND? THE ARCHAEOPRIESTS LANDING OF THE DIFFUSIONISTS

Chapter 1: Two Stories of Columbus

DISCOVERING A NEW HISTORY THE USUAL STORY OF COLUMBUS THE REAL STORY OF COLUMBUS EMERGES THE DYNAMICS OF SLAVERY AFTERMATH

Chapter 2: American History ABC

BARRY FELL’S AMERICA B.C. THE PHOENICIANS IN AMERICA THE PHOENICIAN NEWTON STONE IN SCOTLAND THE BOURNE STONE THE CRESPI COLLECTION FROM ECUADOR OTHER PHOENICIAN/AMERICAN DISCOVERIES THE CELTIC OGHAM WRITING ON THE NEWTON STONE COINS BY THE HUNDREDS THE DAVENPORT RELICS CONSPIRACY THE CRITICS PREVAIL

Chapter 3: The Stars and the Stones

ARCHAEO—WHAT? MEGALITHIC IRELAND AND MARTIN BRENNAN

Chapter 4: Celtic New England

FINDING THE TRAILHEAD EXPLORING CELTIC AMERICA AN AUSPICIOUS MEETING STANDING STONES AND PERCHED ROCKS THE NEW HAMPSHIRE RING OF STONE AMERICA’S STONEHENGE

Chapter 5: They Settled in Mesoamerica

MARTIN BRENNAN IN MEXICO THE HERO TWINS OF THE POPOL VUH THE MAYAN CALENDAR JOHN MAJOR JENKINS AND THE GALACTIC ALIGNMENT THE HIDDEN SIGN LANGUAGE OF THE MAYA CHICHÉN ITZÁ’S EQUINOX SERPENT THE AZTEC QUETZALCOATL AND THE MAYAN KUKULCÁN INFLUENCES FROM AFRICA AND ASIA? INFLUENCES FROM INDIA?

Chapter 6: Sacred Sexuality at the Pathfinder Site

MEETING BILL McGLONE IN COLORADO THE PURGATOIRE RIVER CANYON ARCHAEOASTRONOMY BASICS THE PATHFINDER MEETING THE HUNTER AND THE GODDESS A SECOND PATHFINDER ALIGNMENT DIVINE SEXUALITY—THE STORY OF CHANGING WOMAN

Chapter 7: Equinox Sunrise: Celtic Sun Deities in Colorado

DIFFUSIONISTS AT ODDS A COWBOY GUIDE CRACK CAVE, SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO EQUINOX SUNRISE AT CRACK CAVE

Chapter 8: Old World Cosmologies at the Anubis Caves

CELTIC RELIGION IN OKLAHOMA MITRA, MITHRA, OR MITHRAS ANUBIS CAVES INSCRIPTIONS THE SIX MONTHS OGHAM INSCRIPTION AND THE NOSE POINTER ALIGNMENT THE SILENT OPERA AND OTHER SUNSET EQUINOX DISPLAYS CELTIC GODDESSES IN CAVE 2 COSMOLOGY AND CONSTELLATIONS

Chapter 9: More Celtic America

LUGH AND THE FESTIVAL OF LUGHNASA CROSS-QUARTER DAY ALIGNMENT AT THE SUN TEMPLE COSMOLOGY OF THE SUN TEMPLE CELTS IN KANSAS CAVE HOLLOW SUNRISE OTHER ENCOUNTERS EQUINOX SUNSET CAVE NEAR RUSSELL, KANSAS FURTHER INDICATIONS OF CELTIC MIGRATIONS IN AMERICA

Chapter 10: Westward to a Dwelling Place of a Great Spirit

WESTWARD TO CALIFORNIA A DESTRUCTIVE LEGACY THE EQUINOX SUNRISE LIGHT SERPENT AT MOJAVE NORTH SCHMIDT’S THEORIES OF TRANSOCEANIC DIFFUSION MORE SOLAR MARKERS OTHER MOJAVE NORTH PETROGLYPHS THE SEA ROCK

Chapter 11: Mojave North II—Did They Come Across the Pacific?

WHERE HAVE ALL THE MYSTICS GONE? CROSS-QUARTER DAYS AT MOJAVE NORTH SHIVA’S LINGA? THE EPIGRAPHY OF MOJAVE NORTH LUNAR ALIGNMENT DISCOVERIES CEREMONIAL BASINS MYSTERY THE ROOTS OF MOJAVE NORTH ENDANGERED HISTORY AT MOJAVE NORTH

Chapter 12: The Great Basin Melting Pot

THE GREAT BASIN GREAT BASIN JOURNEYS ENCOUNTERS WITH A ROCK ART INVESTIGATOR PETROGLYPH SITES NEAR BISHOP, CALIFORNIA A STORY OF THE KIVA THE STORY OF KOKOPELLI CUPULES AND GRINDING HOLES DIFFUSION OF VEDIC CULTURES VIA THE PACIFIC INTO THE GREAT BASIN? EAST MEETS WEST IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE

Chapter 13: Midwest Relics, Mounds, and Controversies

THE DISCOVERY AND EXCAVATION OF MOUNDS IN NORTH AMERICA COPPER MINING IN MICHIGAN WAYNE MAY’S IDEAS AND THE MOUND BUILDERS’ CULTURE THE SERPENT MOUND OF OHIO THE CASE FOR OLD WORLD RELICS FROM THE MIDWEST FAKES? IN THE END, CONTROVERSIES AND SKEPTICISM

Chapter 14: Hebrews, Romans, and Early Christians

REPORTS OF HEBREW CONTACTS IN THE NEW WORLD THE BAT CREEK STONE THE NEWARK HOLY STONES SEMITIC SCRIPTS HIDDEN MOUNTAIN—A HEBREW FORTRESS IN NEW MEXICO? HIDDEN MOUNTAIN CONSTELLATIONS OTHER HIDDEN MOUNTAIN CONNECTIONS ARTIFACTS FROM CALALUS, “AN UNKNOWN LAND” IN THE ARIZONA DESERT THE CHEROKEES, DNA, AND OTHER CONNECTIONS TO THE HEBREWS

Chapter 15: More to Learn about Ancient America

INDUS VALLEY CONNECTIONS CHINESE CONNECTIONS JAPANESE CONNECTIONS MINOAN, PHOENICIAN, AND GREEK CONNECTIONS ROMAN CONNECTIONS MORE IRISH AND WELSH CONNECTIONS ARAB CONNECTIONS CONNECTIONS TO MESOPOTAMIA AND EGYPT VIKING CONNECTIONS A NORWEGIAN VILLAGE IN AMERICA AND THE SUPPRESSION OF THOR HEYERDAHL THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR CONNECTION DO WE NEED MORE PROOF?

Chapter 16: The Legacy of the Conquest

AMERICA BEFORE THE ARRIVAL OF THE SPANISH THE CHURCH AND THE SPANISH MONARCHY MAJOR FACTORS IMPACTING THE CONQUEST AFTERMATH: THE IMPOSITION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE COLUMBUS MYTH

Chapter 17: Awakening a New History

A RETURN TO PLANET OF THE APES? A WORLD IN AMNESIA THE SEARCH FOR THE SACRED THE SERPENT OF CONSCIOUSNESS A RETURN OF THE MAGI? A MIND ADJUSTMENT IS REQUIRED MUCH TO BE DONE A FINAL PERSPECTIVE

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