The Lost History of Ancient America : How Our Continent Was Shaped by Conquerors, Influencers, and Other Visitors from Across the Ocean - Frank Joseph
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The Lost History of Ancient America

How Our Continent Was Shaped by Conquerors, Influencers, and Other Visitors from Across the Ocean

By: Frank Joseph (Editor)

Paperback | 1 December 2016

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The Lost History of Ancient America presents new evidence of transoceanic visitors to America, hundreds, even thousands, of years before Christopher Columbus was born. Its 20 eminent contributors are experts in a variety of fields, from botany, biology, and prehistoric engineering to underwater archaeology, archaeo-astronomy, and Bronze Age warfare.

In ancient times, the sea was not an impassable barrier separating our ancestors from the outside world, but a highway taking them to every corner of it. Never before and nowhere else has so much evidence proving the impact made on America by overseas visitors been assembled.

You will learn about:

  • A chain of stonewalls across southern Illinois that has stood for the last two millennia.
  • A profusion of plants flourishing throughout the United States and Canada that originated more than 20 centuries ago.
  • Underwater ruins recently found off the coast of Oregon.
  • Bronze Age oil wells in Pennsylvania.
  • And much, much more.

    The Lost History of Ancient America ends the debate between cultural diffusionists-who have always known that our ancient ancestors did not consider the sea an impassable barrier-and cultural isolationists, who have been equally certain that humans lacked the know-how and courage for global navigation until a little more than 500 years ago.

    About the Author

    Nominated by Japan’s Savant Society as Professor of World Archaeology, Frank Joseph is a veteran scuba diver and participant in hundreds of underwater expeditions off the coast of Africa, in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico, and Polynesia. The editor-in-chief of Ancient American magazine from 1993 to 2007, he has traveled the world collecting research materials for his 27 published books, including The Lost Worlds of Ancient America, The Atlantis Encyclopedia, Unearthing Ancient America, and The Lost Colonies of Ancient America, all published by New Page Books. Joseph lives with his wife, Laura, and cat, Sammy, in the Upper Mississippi River Valley.
  • Industry Reviews
    "Frank Joseph has done it again! You simply cannot understand America without the indispensable, ground-breaking revelations in this new instant classic. Read and be amazed by what has been kept hidden from us...and why. Stunning!" --Jeff Rense, The Rense Radio Network--Jeff Rense
    "In The Lost History of Ancient America, author Frank Joseph compiles a plethora of informative articles and documents about the growing evidence of peoples from across the globe visiting and living in America LONG before Columbus ever boarded his first ship." --Bruce Cunningham, publisher, Advanced Archaeology--Bruce Cunningham
    "In this exciting new book, 20 scholars present irrefutable evidence that the Americas were, indeed, influenced by fearless visitors from across the oceans long before Columbus went in search of new passages for Spain." --Brad Steiger, author of Worlds Before Our Own and Mysteries of Time and Space--Brad Steiger

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