Originally posted by MagoSA
Given that a cursory look of Native artifacts seems to have an Egyptian connection (look back to all these threads claiming connections despite gaps
in time) its very likely Kincaid and Kenneman mistook one for the other.
Actually, they don't. Check out the threads on Egyptology that are pinned at the top of the forum and start reading up on the art and the religion
and writing of the Egyptians. I don't know how familiar you are with Hopi/Apache/Pueblo thought and religion, but they're really very different.
And the Anasazi... they weren't around until 900 years after Egypt fell (rule of the Ptolemys. Last person who could read hieroglyphs until the
modern time died around 300 AD. Anasazi date to 500 AD.)
And, of course, there's no proof that Kincaid ever existed OR visited the place:
www.philipcoppens.com...
I fail to see why it would be so hard to actually mount this and see if there is an Anasazi/Egyptian/Atlantean/Gray outpost.
It isn't. It's been done many times before. And the ruins are well documented.
I hike in Big Spring a lot - my folks are from there, especially over the summer when I can go visit my grandmother. I hear you and BFFTexan
live out that way - maybe a coffee some time?
Oh, I would love it, but we moved from Big Spring in 1979. I used to work at the state park on top of the Caprock there! In any case, I see that you
are indeed someone who could march out into the desert and not do ridiculous things and get yourself hurt!
I know that is traditionally Navajo land, so a smart Texican would get a guide who's also familiar with the local flora and fauna in order to
eat and stay relatively healthy... and to think that everyone would probably be a little slimmer than before.
Ah jest waves mah lil' credit card and folks brings me what I wants. Although I do know some of what's available to eat, frankly, you need to bring
supplies. The desert habitat is very fragile and it takes a long time to prepare things like yucca root (IF you can find it.) Much easier to simply
go on one of the canyon expeditions.
Crystallinks has some lovely pictures of the formations. You can see they're not manmade. You can also see they've gotten very excited and
photoshopped some real artifacts into the cave walls. In the tale taken from the Hopi, the name "Machetto" isn't Hopi and the "hieroglyphics"
down at the bottom of the page are fake (the hawk and the designator for 'deity' are facing different directions, for one thing):
www.crystalinks.com...
Even on my latest adventure (to the Devil's River to look for dinosaur footprints), I stayed in a motel. Less exciting, but I do have mild scoliosis
and it's worth it to be able to wake up and actually walk more than 10 feet the next morning. I have eyed renting a camper, however.
But, y'know, it would be kind of cool to get permission (easy enough to do with the right connections) and go explore those places. It would be MORE
fun to take a full camera crew and do a report on it, although I think it would be more pleasant to fly around the Temple of Ra than to actually try
to climb the freakin' slopes up there. You'd need mountain climbing gear, I think. Helicopter... much cheaper, much more convenient, no days and
days of hauling your silly self up those cliffs.
Kind of a fun idea to debunk it once and for all.
I wonder if Mythbusters would fund me. I'd go in a heartbeat!
