Visitors Now:
Total Visits:
Total Stories:

By mitchell179 (Reporter)
Contributor profile | More stories

Story Views
Now:
Last Hour:
Last 24 Hours:
Total:

Unexplained Ancient Writing Found in USA

Thursday, August 9, 2012 7:45

% of readers think this story is Fact. Add your two cents.

(Before It's News)

Were ancient people travelling the oceans to America thousands of years before history tells us? Was the United States discovered thousands of years before Columbus did? These are questions that intrigue all of us and the answers are not as simple as yes or no. Archaeologists and historians have given us a pretty good picture of life in the United States before Columbus’s big discovery but there have also been objects and inscriptions found that point to ancient people being in America thousands of years before it too

Pemberton Wedge

Discovered in 1859 by J.W.C. Evans near Pemberton, New Jersey, the object is an ancient wedge shaped sandstone axe head that has a ten character inscription on it. In 1861, Archaeologist James Whittall was able to translate the characters as “Stand firm, on guard, parry, close in and strike”. The language was actually ancient Iberian which was used by the Neolithic tribes 3500-4000 years ago in Portugal and Spain. Could these ancient sailors been blown off course and sailed all the way to America. Currently the objects whereabouts are unknown. No Image available.

Kensington Rune Stone

Discovered in 1898 by Olof Ohman near Kensington, Minnesota underneath a large tree that was being uprooted. The large stone is a 200 pound piece of greywacke that is covered with ancient Scandinavian runes on its face and side. The stone is hugely controversial with most seeing it as a fake but recent research into the stone is actually showing it to be ancient in origin with the inscription. There have also been other ancient findings in the area including three boulders with triangular holes which are exactly the same as used by Viking ships in Norway during the 14th century. The translation of the runes reads as follows:

“Eight Götalanders and 22 Northmen on (this?) acquisition journey from Vinland far to the west. We had a camp by two (shelters?) one day’s journey north from this stone. We were fishing one day. After we came home, found 10 men red from blood and dead. Ave Maria save from evil. There are 10 men by the inland sea to look after our ships fourteen days journey from this peninsula (or island). Year 1362”.