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Ancient Romans In Texas?
Science Frontiers online ^
| Nov-Dec 1993
| William Corliss
Posted on 04/14/2002 6:23:47 AM PDT by Hellmouth
ANCIENT ROMANS IN TEXAS?
If one searches long enough and hard enough, one can discover hints that just about any ancient culture you care to name set foot in the New World well before the Vikings and Columbus. Old coins, inscriptions, language concordances, and the like are taken by many as proofs that Egyptians visited Oklahoma, the Chinese moored along the Pacific coast, the Celts toured New England, and so on. Now, according to Professor V. Belfiglio, the ancient Romans had Texas on their itineraries.
Belfiglio's evidence is fourfold, and so are mainstream criticisms:
- Roman coins found in Texas. The most convincing example came from the bottom of an Indian mound at Round Rock. This mound is dated at approximately 800 AD. Skeptics suppose that the coin was dropped on top of the mound in recent times and was carried to the bottom by rodents and tree roots. Hmmm!
- The remains of a shipwreck. Circa 1886, the wreck of an unusual ship was found in Galveston Bay. Belfiglio says this ship's construction is typically Roman. Nautical experts doubt this. but they will admit that real Roman craft were perfectly capable of sailing to Texas.
- The remains of an ancient bridge. Also in Galveston Bay, the timbers of an old bridge were found under 15 feet of sediment. A similar divergence of opinion prevails here.
- Language concordances. Belfiglio has pointed out many similarities between Latin and a dialect of the now-extinct Karankawas tribe. No comment here from the language experts.
(Lee, Victoria; "Professor Explores Theory of Romans' Ancient Voyage," Dallas Morning News, June 13, 1993. Cr. T. Adams via L. Farish.)
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To: blam
Bump post #55 to Blam.
To: tomkat
Can you give me the post #? I need to try and put it in context and I prefer to look at the entire wording. };^D)
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posted on
04/17/2002 9:40:03 AM PDT
by
RJayneJ
To: Hellmouth
Well, they did in Clive Cusslers book "Treasure" which is really quite good.
To: blam
Hey! That's Jean Luc Picard!
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posted on
04/17/2002 9:46:52 AM PDT
by
RayBob
To: LostTribe
LT, A good book for you to read is Tarim Mummies by Victor Mair. I think you'll locate a lot of the 'lost' people we all wonder about. A very, very good book. ( I checked it out of the library and should have bought it instead of some others I bought, lol.)
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posted on
04/17/2002 11:49:14 AM PDT
by
blam
To: RayBob
"Hey! That's Jean Luc Picard!" No, Kennewick Man looks more like Jean.
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posted on
04/17/2002 11:52:35 AM PDT
by
blam
To: one_particular_harbour
Call Clive Cussler. Great escapism! I'm afraid Art Bell will have it on his show before Cussler can whip out a take off on it.
To: blam
>Tarim Mummies by Victor Mair.
Thanks, I'll try and chase down a copy.
To: blam
Fascinating. Apparently paleolithic women thought dishtowels made for smart headwear.
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posted on
04/17/2002 12:20:31 PM PDT
by
skeeter
To: skeeter
( I asked her to take it off.) Luzia. (Died at age 24, 11,500 years ago)
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posted on
04/17/2002 2:55:56 PM PDT
by
blam
To: RayBob
Kennewick Man (9,500 years old, found in Washington state. Probably related to Spirit Cave Man)
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posted on
04/17/2002 3:02:51 PM PDT
by
blam
To: blam
I have read sonewhere that the (or some) ancestors of the Japanese are supposed to have come from central Asia. If "indians" also did then then connection seems more likely.
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posted on
10/13/2002 3:25:11 PM PDT
by
RobbyS
To: RobbyS
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posted on
10/13/2002 4:27:47 PM PDT
by
blam
To: SR71A
Or "veni, vidi, velcro." "I came, I saw, I stuck around."
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posted on
10/13/2002 5:32:36 PM PDT
by
lizma
To: lizma
It's believed that the ancient Egyptians used tobacco, the rich ancient ones. Tobacco is indiginous to the Americas.
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posted on
10/13/2002 5:37:55 PM PDT
by
MHGinTN
To: sawsalimb
"Nothing that's easily available on the gulf coast of Texas comes to mind as being worth the time,effort,and hazard of a long voyage in an open boat. The furs aren't of any exceptional quality,I don't think they were planning on drilling oil wells,and there aren't any particularly valuable minerals there,that I know of." You overlooked chili, barbecue and chicken-fried steak with cream gravy...
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posted on
10/13/2002 5:39:57 PM PDT
by
okie01
To: Hellmouth
Maybe that's where that whole Texas "big hair" thing came from.
To: Hellmouth
When I lived in Galveston in the late 50's I remember hearing a story about the wreck of an ancient ship that had been on east beach many years before. I don't remember when it was said to have been there but it finally rotted or washed away. I wonder if this is the same ship?
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posted on
10/13/2002 6:02:25 PM PDT
by
Ditter
To: Hellmouth
bump
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posted on
10/13/2002 6:15:55 PM PDT
by
VOA
To: Hellmouth
bump
80
posted on
02/21/2003 5:04:05 PM PST
by
Centurion2000
(Take charge of your destiny, or someone else will)
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