In 1982 a large quantity of epigraphic material was been found there by it’s discoverer, a gentleman by the name of Russell Burrows. What is claimed by Burrows certainly doesn’t seem to be readily digestible by mainstream archeologists, but that of course is neither here nor there.

There are some disclosures which radically revolutionize long-established conceptions of the world in which we live. The subject of this story is one of them, because it demolishes what Americans have been led to believe since their country was founded; namely, that Christopher Columbus was its Discoverer. An archaeological cave site in southern Illinois reveals instead that tens of thousands of refugees sailing from the murder of their king and the invasion of their homeland preceded him by nearly fifteen centuries. Preferring a perilous transatlantic adventure toslaughter and slavery on land, they entrusted their lives to the sea.

But there is another side to this tale. It tells of the cave's discovery, subsequent twenty years of imposed secrecy, the looting of fabulous treasures, often bitter controversy, and final disclosure.

The second story is much older. ... Keep Reading

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