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Originally Posted by modest
I suppose poppin with change would be a good description. A new secretary isn't much to gawk at. A new building is about medium on the Bob Dylan things are a-changin' scale. But, put them together and I suppose you've got some pretty big changes.
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What was to gawk at though was the find of fossils in the Burgess shales. >>
The Burgess Shale Geoscience Foundation - "the world's most significant fossil find" - Field, British Columbia, Canada
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Originally Posted by Modesta
But, does this help an argument toward a Smithsonian devised hoax? I don't think so. The board of regents, inspector general, as well as lower level secretaries, directors, and officers were presumably unchanged. A hoax that goes all the way up to secretary Walcott seems incredibly unlikely.
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I meant to suggest that Kinkaid hoaxed it, not the Smithsonian.
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Originally Posted by Modesarium
If they were smart enough to get over here - they were smart enough to find sources of copper closer to home.
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I will look for more on this, but I have read that the Egyptians et al had exhausted their own copper mines, and also that the mines they did have could not have produced all the copper they left behind. Not that Zahi Hawass would let us, but I think modern metallurical analysis would tell us if a particular artifact found in Egypt was made of copper from Michigan.
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Originally Posted by Modestry
One way to disprove the actual validity of the article's claim would be through population genetics where The Genographic Project would show a prehistoric influx of Middle-Eastern people. It's probably a safe bet that they would have 'mixed' with the locals. |
I saw the Hopi mentioned somewhere; shall we start with them?
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Originally Posted by Modestrial
It really seems to me that the article is a hoax and that it must have been confined to Arizona. If the names of the archaeologists were real that could maybe indicate a wider hoax/conspiracy.
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On page 162 of this link, a fella named Childress says he found documents verifying Jordon as a Smithsonian associate.
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The Land of Osiris - Google Book Search
Finally, I was wrong about no gold found; the 1909 newpaper article mentions gold cups.
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