The Ancient Giants Who Ruled America by Dewhurst, Richard J. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Image Title Page Epigraph Acknowledgments Table of Contents Preface: On Being Tall and My Fascination with Giants Introduction: Uncovering the Real History of America Part One: Findings on Ancient American Giants

Chapter 1: How Big Were They?

THE BONES TELL THE TALE THE BIG WHOPPER: EIGHTEEN FEET AND COUNTING? GIANT BURIED WITH A PANTHER THE GIANTS OF CONNEAUT GIANTS FOUND IN GEORGIA SACRED POOLS, SECRET CAVES, AND THE HALLS OF THE MOUNTAIN KINGS ON THE TENNESSEE GIANTS THE HIDDEN ROOMS FILLED WITH GIANTS SQUARE WALLS ENCLOSE SPRING, MORE GIANTS ROLL AWAY THE STONE—MORE SECRET CAVE ROOMS A NINE-FOOT GIANT BURIED NEXT TO A FAIR-SKINNED INFANT GIRL “GIANT ON THE BEACH” IN TEXAS THE SMITHSONIAN AND THE DR. HRDLICKA CONNECTION SMITHSONIAN SAYS THE SKULL SIZE OF ARIZONA GIANT IS “BEYOND COMPREHENSION” FROM SEA TO SHINING SEA

Chapter 2: North America

THE LENNI LENAPE GIANTS OF THE EASTERN UNITED STATES MANY WONDERFUL THINGS ARE TOLD OF THIS FAMOUS PEOPLE THE MENGWE JOIN IN THE WAR AMAZING FINDS FROM EARLY AMERICAN HISTORY OHIO STATE GETS IN THE ACT MASS GIANT BURIAL EVIDENCE OF BLOODY BATTLE COPPER-HELMETED GIANTS RULE EXCAVATIONS AT ILLINOIS SITES IN 1891 CHICAGO TRIBUNE IN 1892 CONFIRMS RACE OF GIANTS THE LARGEST NEOLITHIC BURIAL SITE IN THE WORLD—THE DICKSON MOUNDS MUSEUM (ILLINOIS) SMITHSONIAN INVOLVEMENT IN THE DISAPPEARANCE OF GIANT SKELETONS FOUND IN WISCONSIN INDIAN MOUNDS DOCUMENTED DOUBLE DENTITIONS FROM IOWA GIANTS IN MIDDLE AMERICA THE DEATH VALLEY TEMPLE OF THE GIANTS

Chapter 3: How Old?

ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT SITES IN THE COUNTRY SMITHSONIAN INVOLVEMENT IN THE 1880S AND 1890S SIGNIFICANT FINDS AT THE MEADOWCROFT ROCKSHELTER THUNDERBIRD IMAGES DATE BACK TEN THOUSAND YEARS THE DISCOVERY OF THE FAMOUS ELEPHANT PIPE

Chapter 4: Copper-Crowned Kings and Pearl-Bedecked Queens

THE SMITHSONIAN LEADS GEORGIA GIANT SEARCH THE INCREDIBLE PEARLS OF OHIO’S ROYAL GIANTS GIANT KING’S MOUTH STUFFED WITH IMMENSE PEARLS CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA—HOME TO GIANTS, ANCIENT KINGS, AND HIGH PRIESTS GRAVE CREEK MOUND, WEST VIRGINIA KING CONEHEAD IS DISCOVERED MOUND BUILDERS HAD PECULIAR HEADS

Part Two: Sophisticated Cultures of the Ancient Giants

Chapter 5: Pyramids and Pictorial Mounds

THE GREAT PYRAMID MOUNDS OF ILLINOIS MONKS MOUND MYSTERIOUS MOUND 72 CIRCULAR WOODEN SUN CALENDARS CALLED “WOODHENGE” ONLY FORTY OUT OF 120 MOUNDS SURVIVE AT CAHOKIA ATTEMPTS TO SAVE THE MOUNDS PLEA TO SAVE THE MOUNDS CEREMONIAL COPPER-HELMETED AND ARMORED MEN ON THE CASE OF THE SEVENTY DESTROYED MOUNDS HUNDREDS OF MISSING SKELETONS NO RECORDED SKELETON FINDS FROM MAIN CAHOKIA MOUND? MYSTERIOUS EFFIGY MOUNDS FOUND IN MANY PLACES THE BIG FIND IN WISCONSIN NO TRADITION FOR THE MOUNDS AMONG THE SIOUX MOST NORTHWESTERN SITE OF THE MOUND BUILDERS SUPERIOR QUALITY OF WORKMANSHIP EVIDENCE FOR THE WISCONSIN MAMMOTH MAMMOTH-SHAPED MOUND IN MINNESOTA PANTHERS AND ALTARS EVIDENCE OF DAMS

Chapter 6: Cities in Circles and Lines

THE POVERTY POINT INDUSTRIAL METROPOLIS LOST CITY IN ONTARIO THE WHEATFIELD MOUND OF PENNSYLVANIA, FIRST DESCRIBED IN 1806 CIRCULAR VILLAGES AMID THE TREES THE GIANTS CLEARED THE FOREST SKELETON AND HOUSE FOUND AMONG THE SOYBEANS AN UNUSUAL SQUARE MOUND IS DESCRIBED THE ANCIENT ROADS LINE UP WITH THE GATEWAYS THE CADDO CLIFF DWELLERS STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN

Chapter 7: A Copper Kingdom and Mica Mines

ISLE ROYALE—THE ROYAL COPPER MOUND CONNECTION SURFACE EXPLORING COPPER MINERS KNOWLEDGE OF ANNEALING AND EMBOSSING GERMAN BOOK FROM 1857 TALKS OF THE ANCIENT MINERS “ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS EVER MADE IN WISCONSIN” MICA AND THE MOUND BUILDERS A DETAILED INVENTORY OF GRAVE GOODS

Chapter 8: Treasures of Giant Burial Grounds

EARLY EASTERN OUTPOST FOR THE MOUND BUILDERS RICH BURIALS AT SUGAR RUN ATTRACT SMITHSONIAN MATERIAL TO BE CATALOGUED AND PLACED IN SMITHSONIAN MUSEUM 1880 HISTORY OF INDIANA COUNTY REVEALS INDIAN LORE SEVENTEEN BURIALS UNCOVERED THE MISSING GIANTS IN NORTH CAROLINA THE MANY MOUNDS OF TENNESSEE

Part Three: Pre-Columbian Foreign Contact

Chapter 9: Holy Stones, a Calendar Stele, and Foreign Coins

GEORGE S. MCDOWELL REVEALS HIEROGLYPHIC TABLETS IN THE POSSESSION OF THE CINCINNATI SOCIETY OF NATURAL HISTORY HIEROGLYPHICS ALSO FOUND IN MARIETTA HOLY STONES IN OHIO AND ILLINOIS? HUNTERS FIND STONE TABLETS UNDER A TREE THE DAVENPORT STELE HIEROGLYPHIC TABLETS IN MICHIGAN AND KENTUCKY ANCIENT COINS FOUND IN AMERICA A HALF-SILVER-DOLLAR-SIZED SCENE OF HOUND AND DEER ROMAN COINS FOUND AT THE OHIO FALLS

Chapter 10: Extremely Ancient Red-Haired Mummies

GIANT MUMMIES OF SPIRIT CAVE THE SPIRIT CAVE MAN AT THE MIDDLE OF ALL THE CONTROVERSY THE ANCIENT RED-HAIRED GIANTS OF LOVELOCK, NEVADA THE LEGEND OF THE SI-TE-CAH THE FLORIDA BOG MUMMIES THE LOST KINGDOM OF THE RED-HAIRED, BLUE-EYED INDIANS THE MANDANS AND REPORTS OF RED-HAIRED, BLUE-EYED INDIANS—LEWIS AND CLARK JOURNALS

Chapter 11: Megalithic Catalina

REWRITING THE HISTORY OF THE WHITE RACE

Chapter 12: Insights into Origins

THE SCYTHIAN CONNECTION MOUND BUILT PRECISELY TO THE CARDINAL POINTS THE MOUNDS REPRESENT THE PLEIADES SIGNS OF HUMAN SACRIFICE BLOND-HAIRED SKELETON BURIED IN CAVE SECRET ROOM IN A CAVE IS DISCOVERED THE WELL SHOWS SIGNS OF ENGINEERING A STANDING STONE MARKS A BURIAL EVIDENCE FOR GREAT ANTIQUITY EVIDENCE OF IVORY WORK AND FINE DRILLS MADE OF THE FINEST AND BEST QUALITY IVORY A PROPOSED CONNECTION WITH THE HINDU RELIGION INDIANS OF CAROLINA KNEW THE WORLD WAS ROUND

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